Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:49:20 From: "=?iso-8859-1?B?TeFyY2lvIERhdmlk?=" <marciofdavid@hotmail.com> To: marcus@marcuscom.com, culverk@wam.umd.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD ? What kind of OS is that ? Message-ID: <F19oHMwVN7miR9Oduto000002b4@hotmail.com>
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<html><DIV> <P>Thanx everyone for the replys. </P> <P>Maybe I'll check this FreeBSD someday, when i have some free time (and a free HD... dont wanna have 2 OSs in the same HD..)</P> <P>About the MacOS X, well, i had an iMac 233 and had lots of hardware problems (most of them in my monitor ! Just after about 1 year using it...). And Macs are REALLY expansive in my country... I can buy about 3 good pcs with the money... </P> <P>I'll still with Windows and BeOS for now...</P> <P>Just one more thing.. Can you give me a link for some FreeBSD screenshots ?</P> <P>Gotta go. cya.</P> <P>MD</P></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>To add to Ken's comments, if you want to use a really nice, and easy OS <DIV></DIV>>with FreeBSD under the covers, I recommend Mac OS X. I know you'll have <DIV></DIV>>to buy new hardware for it, but it will definitely satisfy most of what <DIV></DIV>>you want. The GUI comes up out of the box, networking is a snap, and root <DIV></DIV>>is disabled ;-). <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>While I persoanlly love FreeBSD, I'd hate to recommend it saying it will <DIV></DIV>>be the OS of your dreams. If you're looking for something like Windows, <DIV></DIV>>FreeBSD is probably not for you. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Joe Clarke <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > > I'm using M$ Win ME right now. I tried windows 95/98/ME/2K, MacOS, <DIV></DIV>> > > Linux (many distributions), BeOS, and some others OSs ! hehe Well, <DIV></DIV>> > > looking at all those OSs, I decided to continue with my old M$ <DIV></DIV>> > > OS........ But now I wanna something new ! Something diferent... not <DIV></DIV>> > > just a new stupid linux distribution that takes 5 hours to make it <DIV></DIV>> > > work and about a month to make the damn internet work. So, i would <DIV></DIV>> > > like to know if FreeBSD is a DIFERENT OS, or it's just another <DIV></DIV>> > > "Linux-like" OS. Exemple : Will i see a stupid prompt asking me to <DIV></DIV>> > > type "root" when i turn on my computer ? Will i have to use wich <DIV></DIV>> > > Graphical interface ? (please, say it's not KDE...) Guess that's all. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > OK, lets answer your questions. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > 1) As for ease of use: it's not windows, if you took 5 hours to get linux <DIV></DIV>> > working, (any distribution) and a month to get the internet working, then <DIV></DIV>> > FreeBSD will most likely be harder for you. If you want ease of use stick <DIV></DIV>> > with winblows or BeOS. Just for comparison though, once you get everything <DIV></DIV>> > working, you'll find that you can install and configure a system in less <DIV></DIV>> > than an hour, sometimes 30 minutes. (on my machine, that's faster than <DIV></DIV>> > windows installs, and I have only ever installed FreeBSD from the network, <DIV></DIV>> > never from CD) <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > 2) Linux-like is the wrong way to put it. FreeBSD is UNIX-based, Linux is <DIV></DIV>> > a UNIX clone, so Linux is UNIX-Like, and FreeBSD is UNIX-based. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > 3) When you first install the machine, you will see a login prompt, this <DIV></DIV>> > is expected behavior for any UNIX based or UNIX like operating system, and <DIV></DIV>> > it's not stupid, it's just not windows as I said before. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > 4) You can choose which Graphical Interface is installed when you're <DIV></DIV>> > installing the operating system. KDE-2, Gnome, Windowmaker, etc... it's up <DIV></DIV>> > to you. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > 5) to me it seems like your idea of a good os is one that is easy and <DIV></DIV>> > doesn't crash much. Well I've never had FreeBSD crash, and it's hard to <DIV></DIV>> > learn at first, but once you learn it, it becomes easier, and more logical <DIV></DIV>> > than windows. (I can fix a FreeBSD problem in minutes usually, most often <DIV></DIV>> > without even rebooting the machine, where my windows expert friends often <DIV></DIV>> > fix their problems by rebooting the machine) <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Ken <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <DIV></DIV>> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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