Date: 30 May 00 08:42:35 MDT From: Tom Hines2 <tom.hines2@usa.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20000530144236.4912.qmail@nwcst316.netaddress.usa.net>
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Linux convert here. I ran Linux for several years. I tried Redhat 5.2, Redhat 6.0, Mandrake 6.0, and finally Redhat 6.1. I wanted to try Debian, but they were too slow getting out a release with the 2.2 kernel. My goal was to give up Windows entirely, but I couldn't because my ppp connection was unreliable in Linux. I started eyeballing FreeBSD about a year ago and really wanted to try it. The ppp situation in Linux finally made me switch. I spent all day Saturday installing and configuring 4.0-RELEASE. All went smoothly. I had a little trouble getting my ppp connection configured, but once up, it ran great. My verdict? I love it! Now I'm back where I was with Linux, with my blackbox window manager and all my favorite dock apps, although I'm taking a serious look at gkrellm (http://gkrellm.net) as a replacement for those :-). I can't wait to get back home to continue tweaking it and do the one thing I was never able to do with Linux -- get some work done! :-) I just wanted to share my story and say that I was happy to be amongst the freebsd-newbies. See you online. Tom Hines Rockville, MD ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the messagehome | help
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