Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Emerson Longley <emerson@WPI.EDU> To: "Jon M. Ernster" <jernster@dumbfounded.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301251049280.26050-100000@emdall.WPI.EDU> In-Reply-To: <1043507676.895.24.camel@majorly>
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On 25 Jan 2003, Jon M. Ernster wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 06:25, Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Saturday, 25 January 2003 at 0:27:38 -0500, Scott Emerson Longley wrote: > > > I'm about ready to ditch Windoze for good and I'm spending what little > > > free time I can find to prepare by researching FreeBSD. Currently, I run > > > two OpenBSD servers and use a 3rd OpenBSD system (a laptop) as a portable > > > terminal. I have 3 years of *nix (OpenBSD, true64, linux) experience, but > > > only one years experience as an administrator (OpenBSD). My main desktop > > > system is W2k and I am sick and tired of it. I have decided to replace W2k > > > with FreeBSD, as it is more suited to desktop use than OpenBSD. Now that > > > I'm done babbling, here's my question: > > > > Interesting question. What makes you think that FreeBSD is more > > suited to the desktop than OpenBSD? > > I think there's a difference in ease of use in general; ports - they're > divided up into more general directories in FreeBSD as for OpenBSD has a > bunch of ports shoved into directories. With FreeBSD you know you're > running the most current ports (If you aren't, something may not work > and that's the first thing you should check.) I run FreeBSD on the > laptop I type this out on, where as my router runs OpenBSD and I don't > think I'd run OpenBSD for anything else. Choosing the right OS for a computer with a specific use is like choosing the right tool for the job; it's essential. > > > > > What major differences will I encounter (post-install) as a new FreeBSD > > > user/administrator that my OpenBSD experience wouldn't have prepared me > > > for? > > > > It's difficult to quantify what differences you're likely to see. > > Installation will probably seem easier. You'll find different device > > names for disks. On the whole, I think the important differences > > you'll find will be with the "desktop" software you choose, and > > they'll be differences from Microsoft, not from OpenBSD. > > I've never ran X in OpenBSD but I don't imagine it'd be a whole lot > different than FreeBSD other than ease of use, less likeliness running > into port problems, etc. > > > > Greg > > -- > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message The fact that people aren't coming up with a whole lot of differences that will give me a surprise later is encouraging. Thanks, people. -Scott Longley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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