From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 26 17:18:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02788 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:18:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02734 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:18:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA18611; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:17:40 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980727101736.63991@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:17:37 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What tipped the balance References: <3.0.3.32.19980726194703.0069a5ac@mail.interlog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Someone asked me in private mail why I chose FreeBSD instead of another OS, and I thought it might make an interesting topic. This is not about the benefits of FreeBSD versus something else, it's about what affected us personally when we made the decision. The main issue for me was that I wanted to learn unix, learn it right, and learn it once. I'm not a student or a career computer person so I only have the time to learn it once. FreeBSD looked to be more of a "real unix" and seemed to be used almost exclusively (then) by serious people with a lot of experience, but people I didn't know, whereas I knew a lot of home users and students who were using Linux for fun and hacking, but not professionally. One friend almost talked me into Coherent but sending a small amount of money overseas was a major hassle. Eventually I tried Linux and FreeBSD. When the Linux users I knew started pushing hard for me to use Linux no matter what, and the FreeBSD users said it depends what you want to do, I knew that FreeBSD was chosen by those who know how to choose. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message