Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:19:12 -0400 From: "liquid" <liquid@homebass.ca> To: "'Ajax Munroe'" <ajaxmunroe@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD,Linux and any other os besides Microsoft. Message-ID: <002301c38192$5d91f240$6400a8c0@windows> In-Reply-To: <BAY1-DAV4781TbdkSmL000025ea@hotmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ajax Munroe > Sent: September 22, 2003 10:52 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: FreeBSD,Linux and any other os besides Microsoft. >=20 > Hello, *snipped* >=20 > Your Friend; >=20 >=20 > AJAX Don't let familiarity blur your judgement. FreeBSD's installation is probably one of the easiest in the *nix world. I've setup a few linux machines, openbsd machines and freebsd machines so I've personally dealt with them all. I don't find it to be much more complicated than the windows 2000 install at all. The issue here is that you're so used to the windows 2000 installation, and the way it goes about doing things that anything else seems odd, and "wrong." I know - I felt the same way the first time I tried to install FreeBSD. We're creatures of habit you know. All the other arguments brought forth by other list members I am absolutely in agreement with. User-friendliness comes at a price. *mumbles something about RPC on Windows machines* You said, " I made a bootable CD (the best I could, It's not as easy as making a bootable windows CD) put the cd in my rom and found that BSD is not for me. Look, Im not trying to put BSD down or anything, I would love to have it on my computer fully working so that I could use something other than Windows! Im by no means bored with Windows, I find new and exciting things out with it all the time." I sincerely doubt you'd make a statement like this not wanting to put down FreeBSD right where you'll find its most loyal followers, but I won't engage in that sort of argument - I don't like giving people that satisfaction. I'm confused about the statement regarding the ease of making a bootable windows CD. Quite honestly, I think you are too. Legally you can't "make" a windows installation CD. You have to buy one. Creating a disc from an iso (or bin/cue - for an illegal windows disc) is a pretty brain-dead type of function. Lastly, where's the fun in putting in a CD and walking away for coffee, and having a system that works when you return? Knowing how to do that doesn't necessarily mean you are computer literate. The beauty of open-source is the fact that you feel this sense of accomplishment after setting something up because it's more hands-on. An analogy would be the guy who buys a Ferrari, but has no idea about the internals - and probably doesn't know how to drive it fast anyway Vs the guy who buys a cheap little hatchback (say a golf) and modifies things here and there, gets a "hands-on" feeling about it and turns it into a machine that can do laps (likely) faster than someone who doesn't drive as well in a Ferrari. I prefer to be the latter of the two. Others prefer the approach of the former. To each his own.
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