Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:17:10 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: re changing from vista Message-ID: <20081116131710.70cdbffa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20081116020345.GB15841@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <491D59D3.8080809@spansurf.com> <20081114203914.W14337@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <491DDD56.1040001@ccstores.com> <20081114225626.GA56663@icarus.home.lan> <20081115011836.N16077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081116020345.GB15841@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Excuse me for entering this discussin. You're completely right in what you're saying, and I'ld like to add this: On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:03:45 -0500, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > So, let him learn a meaningful server environment. FreeBSD isn't a "server only OS", it's versatile and can be used as an excellent desktop solution. That's what I'm doing since 4.0 - using it exclusively (!) on the desktop. And it's completely possible without the feeling to have something missing. I'm not joking at you, that's my real individual experience. I changed from Linux to FreeBSD, so I had good basic knowledge, and I never had used any "Windows" before, so I wasn't "spoiled" by MICROS~1's strange concepts of how to do certain things, so I cannot speak for the vast majority of computer users. :-) To summarize: Unlike the different "Windows" things, you can use FreeBSD as a desktop, as a server, and for any "mixed form" of these appliances without any problems. Of course, you'll have to learn *how* to do this, but it's not that you can't learn or do it. FreeBSD will open the door for you to other interesting fields of information technology. The things you've learned using FreeBSD will help you using OpenBSD or NetBSD, or Solaris and oder UNIXes. If you've understood the generic principles, the whole world is open to you. FreeBSD always meant fun to me using the computer. I hope you'll feel so, too. "In a world without walls and fences - who needs windows and gates?!" :-) Don't be frightened, try out FreeBSD. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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