Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:11:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "Donovan R. Palmer" <donovan@dmpnet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? Message-ID: <20071023061122.GA85920@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3997.208.70.104.211.1193104344.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <3997.208.70.104.211.1193104344.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > 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 used Linux for almost 10 years before switching to FreeBSD. A lot of the things that I leared while making the switch are documented on my FreeBSD webpage; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/ Some highlights; - services must be enabled in /etc/rc.conf (foo_enable=3D"YES") - devices permissions are set in /etc/devfs.conf and /etc/devfs.rules - build third party applications from ports, it'll save you a lot of trouble - mounting filesystems as a non-root user has certain requirements; * the sysctl(8) vfs.usermount must be set to 1. * the user or a group that he belongs to must have read/write permission on the device * the user must _own_ the mount point HTH, Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHHZCKEnfvsMMhpyURAgbgAKCIuysHByRYhAXKPCixKCBbgRCDWgCfX/FS 6T3rwDGkfFiNmG2j4BszQjk= =DKUo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071023061122.GA85920>