From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 12:09:03 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 0352816A417 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:09:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from kedah.mschosting.com (kedah.mschosting.com [202.75.42.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34DE13C4B5 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:09:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from [87.107.63.161] (port=55089 helo=attila) by kedah.mschosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IkEpa-0002NX-Iz; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:09:44 +0800 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:38:41 +0330 From: "Bahman M." To: "Donovan R. Palmer" Message-ID: <20071023113841.4f1b5750@attila> In-Reply-To: <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - kedah.mschosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - adempiere.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 12:09:03 -0000 On 2007-10-22 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've been a Linux user for more than 6 years until 4-5 months ago when I found some old 20GB HDD and decided to give FreeBSD a try. Believe it or not after 1 month of playing with FreeBSD I removed my Linux installation from the main HDD and installed FreeBSD as the main and only OS on my machine! So, as you can see it'll be an easy shift for an average Linux user -like me. In fact many concepts are similar to those of Linux however there are differences. What I did for learning FreeBSD was 1. Reading the documentation -when required- that is bundled in FreeBSD installation disks and also is available online on www.freebsd.org. 2. Reading man pages. 3. Subscribing to Questions, Current and Stable mailing lists (www.freebsd.org). You're not likely to become a FreeBSD expert in 1 month but in my experience I was feeling friendly and at home in FreeBSD after about 1.5 months. Bahman