From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 25 10:29: 9 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 B616937B401 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:29:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.acuson.com (thor.acuson.com [157.226.71.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B722B43FB1 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:29:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com (mvaexch02.acuson.com [157.226.230.209]) by thor.acuson.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HCB00EANI0161@thor.acuson.com> for newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:28:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:19:51 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-117.acuson.com ([157.226.46.117]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id GNSXBJ2X; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:21:25 -0800 Content-return: allowed Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:28:45 -0800 From: Johnson David Subject: Re: Hmm In-reply-to: To: Bluezmo , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <200303251028.45614.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Organization: Siemens Medical Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-26.1 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT 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 25 March 2003 07:09 am, Bluezmo wrote: > Thanks to all that kindly responded to my query. I've decided to > install Linux rather than mess with BSD at the present time. I'm > doing so because it appears that I may have a better chance of > achieving an install with more devices functioning. However, I did > want to thank you all because you did respond with some insightful > suggestions. It's not an either-or choice. FreeBSD is free as well. It won't cost you anything but time to try it out, same as Linux. So when you mess up your Linux install (a rite of passage), give FreeBSD a whirl for a while as well. David p.s. To keep from going insane under Linux, I would suggest Slackware. It has a bit steeper learning curve, but has no "differentiators" to distract you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message