From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 02:07:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA40316A46C for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:07:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from mail.freeode.co.uk (mail.freeode.co.uk [87.127.24.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6181513C4D9 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:07:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from turion.freeode.co.uk (turion.freeode.co.uk [10.10.10.7]) by mail.freeode.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9N27fWN070521 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:07:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:07:41 +0100 From: John Murphy To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071023030741.572abd60@turion.freeode.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:07:58 -0000 On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:33:57 +0100 "Donovan R. Palmer" wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of reasons > become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there any ex or > current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it is to make the > shift from Linux? Is there anything in particular which has been written > which would be useful to read? I have very little experience of Linux; I 'found' FreeBSD long before I had even heard of it! I read an article recently which expresses what it was like for someone who recently converted: http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=the_bsd_community_compared_to_the_linux_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 I've heard some Linux users complain about the installer. Words like "arcane" were used. If you think you may struggle with that, then may I reccommend PC-BSD. I've been using it on a spare PC for a while now and really like it. It's installer is better than any of the few Linux distros I've tried. It's based on FreeBSD of course (Stable I believe). As for what to read; The Handbook is a must: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -- Thanks, John.