Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:24:47 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD but not to Linux? Message-ID: <199807131724.KAA08948@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980712234321.55666@nothing-going-on.org>
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>Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:43:21 +0100 >From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> >Is there anyone in the audience who is new to FreeBSD but not new to >Linux? Dunno about that, but there are certainly some of us who are (relatively, by now) new to FreeBSD, but not to non-PC UNIX-ish systems (such as Solaris 2, SunOS 4.x, IRIX, HP/UX,...) >One of the things missing in the documentation set is a "FreeBSD >for the Linux user" document, which covers things that might confuse >the average Linux user when moving to FreeBSD. Given my stated perception, it probably comes as no surprise that although I think that might be useful, I would find something that documents the idiosyncracies of PC hardware & how FreeBSD was contorted as a result of needing to deal with it far more useful. Naturally, my (mis-)adventures adequately demonstrate that I'm nowhere near qualified to rationally discuss the topic.... :-( [Hint -- I just sent off a note to -questions yesterday, describing some of what I went through a couple of days ago. For those not subscribed to -questions, it's archived. The subject is "Re: SCSI "device wiring" query"; message-id is "<199807130354.UAA06193@pau-amma.whistle.com>"; I sent it Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:54:12 -0700 (PDT).] david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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