From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 17:50:53 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 0520716A41A for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:50:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-69.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-69.bluehost.com [69.89.21.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE90C13C4B8 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:50:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 30085 invoked by uid 0); 23 Oct 2007 17:50:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 23 Oct 2007 17:50:41 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IkNtp-00059N-0T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:50:41 -0600 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9NHpEPV054453 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:51:14 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l9NHpD7g054452 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:51:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:51:13 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20071023175113.GB54356@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <1193111592.1184.14.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> <200710231407.34615.mayank@in.niksun.com> <13413b8f0710230601q4d216296wbd1c51c0de47a8fa@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13413b8f0710230601q4d216296wbd1c51c0de47a8fa@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [737 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com 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 17:50:53 -0000 On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:01:41PM +0200, Gueven Bay wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +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? > > And you can say that with FreeBSD you get a stable system as Debian > GNU/Linux is _and_ you get a source based system as Gentoo GNU/Linux. In my experience, it's both more stable and more up to date than Debian. Before FreeBSD, my primary OS choice was Debian, but ultimately everything I liked about Debian was even better with FreeBSD. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] MacUser, Nov. 1990: "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production."