From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 25 9:46:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D834137B401 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE8843F75 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rolnif@mac.com) Received: from asmtp02.mac.com (asmtp02-qfe3 [10.13.10.66]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h2PHktDU001250 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com ([66.92.1.188]) by asmtp02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id HCBG2700.70L; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:55 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:54 -0800 Subject: Re: Hmm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: John Martinez , To: "Bluezmo" From: John Martinez In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-21.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, QUOTE_TWICE_1,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_APPLEMAIL autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 07:09 AM, Bluezmo wrote: > > To the people that suggested I run OS X on my Mac I need to say that I > already do & am aware of Darwin's presence. However, the superior GUI > of > the Macintosh distracts me from interacting with the command prompt. > I will > delve into the reading material suggested to learn more. Huh? I have been using UNIX for like 14 years and have to say that Mac OS X has actually brought me "back in" to the BSD fold (I used SunOS when it was mostly BSD). I am now running FreeBSD on some x86 servers and I have any number of Terminals running in OS X all the time. I can attest that it is a fully-functional BSD shell. Anyway, I do agree that touching as many UNIX variants as you can is a good thing. Then, you can judge for yourself which one is your "favorite" flavor. I have touched tons of UNIX variants in my time. I have four favorites now three of which are BSD (one is FreeBSD, one is Mac OS X, the other is OpenBSD), and one being a commercial flavor from the major UNIX company left. Even though I do run Linux, I can't say that it is one of my favorites. All I have to say is that I haven't had this much fun with UNIX in a long time. Good luck. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message