From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 14 20:41:16 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 0547D16A421 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:41:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tgol@kinetix.gr) Received: from mail.kinetix.gr (mail.kinetix.gr [194.219.121.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A3E13C469 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:41:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tgol@kinetix.gr) Received: from [194.219.121.196] (tech01.kinetix.gr [194.219.121.196]) by kinetix.gr with esmtp; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:26:04 +0000 id 0040B0BA.46BAB37C.0000A80E Message-ID: <46BAB22C.1060700@kinetix.gr> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:20:28 +0300 From: Goltsios Theodore User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Latitude , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Convince me, please! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: support@kinetix.gr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:41:16 -0000 Well sorry if I'm getting annoying but I think you face the Unix world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you should be more open minded, willing to read and spare time to get familiar to the Unix OSes that are around. But the advantages are and the power that these kind of systems offer, which is probably unlimited compared with the Windowz strict and limited way of operating. If you really don't want that kind of power (thus doing what you must faster, better and in a more efficient way) then you are in the wrong place. A good way to start solving all questions concerning the FreeBSD is its handbook or the perhaps the FAQ. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ PS Try some googling or the freebsd official site for more resources. I'm sure all your questions will be satisfied. Theodoros Goltsios Kinetix Tele.com Support Center email: tgol@kinetix.gr, support@kinetix.gr Tel. & Fax: +30 2310556134 WWW: http://www.kinetix.gr/ Latitude wrote: > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows > users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon > the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argument > that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home desktop > users who have previously known only Windows. > > For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have a > desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure out > what's going on? Will I have a browser and way to setup an internet > connection right off the bat? How will I migrate files from other > operating systems? > > I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem > to understand the monumental "fear" involved in switching operating > systems. You need to address those concerns head on from the start. I > need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives > to what I have. > > Help me (and yourselves) out. > >