Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org> To: Thiago Barroso Perrotta <thiagoperrotta95@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? Message-ID: <CAG=rPVdht0jYnpWjd0rkiy=Lv5cXUiz5e=4zvrLN9f-6sLHSow@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> References: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch>
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Thiago Barroso Perrotta <thiagoperrotta95@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > First of all, hello. I intended to reply to [1], but since I am new to > this mailing list, I found that it would be better to create a > new thread (if any of you know how to reply to a mailman message > without much trouble, I would appreciate to discover it). > > I am the author of the post referred in the previous message (Wordpress > brought me there). I am liking FreeBSD, and I'll probably migrate soon > my current Debian server to it. One of the reasons that I enjoyed > FreeBSD is because it is similar to Arch Linux (my current preferred > Linux distro) in various ways. > > Anyways, I just wanted to indicate this [2] link to you. It is a good > resource comparing different package manager commands. Right now it > does not include FreeBSD's pkg, however I highly encourage you to add > one more column to this table, featuring it. There is no problem that > pkg is not a Linux thing. > > Also, I am interested in the direction the original thread could go. As > a almost-2,5 years Linux user, I could have discovered FreeBSD before. > One of the reasons that I haven't paid much attention to it in the past > was just because I didn't know that it had a large community. I thought > it was small, not much significant. I'm still confused about the > difference between the several BSDs out there (Open, Net, DragonFly, > etc) and the relative size of each community, however at least I can > see it is significant :) > > [1]: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2014-July/051429.html > [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_rosetta Thiago, I really liked the blog articles you wrote: http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/here-be-dragons-freebsd-overview-part-i/ http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/here-be-packages-freebsd-overview-part-ii/ and you have very good suggestions. You seem like a very positive person, and are willing to make good suggestions and contributions. We (FreeBSD community) should take your suggestions, because you are a newcomer, so you are seeing things with fresh eyes. I am a bit busy these days, but would you have time to maybe help me write some HOWTO's for FreeBSD, especially things that help people migrate from Linux to FreeBSD? Thanks. -- Craig
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