From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 13:02:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA8116A403 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gbentley@uk2.net) Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net (pih-relay04.plus.net [212.159.14.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B06443D6A for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gbentley@uk2.net) Received: from [81.174.174.115] (helo=DESKTOP) by pih-relay04.plus.net with smtp (Exim) id 1GN7u6-0003To-7b for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:02:19 +0100 Message-ID: <001b01c6d66b$b386abb0$0807a8c0@DESKTOP> From: "Graham Bentley" To: References: <20060912120051.989A316A600@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:02:25 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: Newbie Experience X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Graham Bentley List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:02:24 -0000 One question I often forget to ask myself is ; "What is my end goal ?" These days, if I want a non Windows desktop that is quick and easy to install / update I use this ; www.zenwalk.org [400MB .iso] For servers, I use FreeBSD :) Of course, you can use FreeBSD as a desktop machine too ... but the learning curve might be a bit steeper !!!