From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 16: 5:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E86137B418 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:05:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a024.otenet.gr [212.205.215.24]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id fAL05Jo04839; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:05:19 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAL05Jq52715; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:05:19 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from charon@labs.gr) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:05:19 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <20011121000519.GA52075@hades.hell.gr> References: <20011119220243.A268@prayforwind.com> <009a01c171a9$4eedbee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120023948.A92409@xor.obsecurity.org> <00df01c171b0$2a938be0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120105642.GA75918@rhadamanth> <012d01c171b6$96b5adc0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120114236.GA76431@rhadamanth> <005f01c171bf$c4d06b10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120220325.GF27244@hades.hell.gr> <015d01c1721f$09df3420$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <015d01c1721f$09df3420$0a00000a@atkielski.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2001-11-21 00:56:51, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Giorgos writes: > > The threads that you start and contribute to > > tend to diverge a lot from being `questions' > > and they have a tendency to transform in 'FreeBSD > > vs Windows' flamefests. Please stop this. > > You don't approve of comparisons between FreeBSD and other operating systems? > How can I discuss a new operating system or learn anything about it if I am > forbidden to mention other operating systems with which I am familiar? Comparing OSes is not something that is very easy to do, without having experience on both systems. I'm afraid that I do not have the required experience on Windows to be objective when comparing them to FreeBSD. A lot of the people on the list do not use Windows either. So it's kind of tough to get comparisons right, and be objective :) > > If you want to learn how FreeBSD works, the people > > on this list and the rest of the FreeBSD support > > lists are more than willing to point to the right > > places. > > Don't they have any answers themselves? If all I want is _pointers_ to _other_ > resources, I can just use Google. There must be some gurus somewhere here on > this list. Sometimes, a pointer to look at the Right Place(TM) is worth a lot more than copying existing documentation. Especially considering the fact that copying might introduce errors or irrelevant details. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message