From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 26 20:09:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA25753 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:09:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.auracom.net (root@mail1.auracom.net [165.154.140.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA25748 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:09:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arthur@col.auracom.com) Received: from outpost.col.auracom.com (ts2-5.tru.auracom.com [165.154.114.69]) by mail1.auracom.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA21565; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:14:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19980727101736.63991@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:09:59 -0300 (ADT) Reply-To: arthur@col.auracom.com From: arthur To: Sue Blake Subject: RE: What tipped the balance Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 27-Jul-98 Sue Blake wrote: > Someone asked me in private mail why I chose FreeBSD instead of another > OS, and I thought it might make an interesting topic. This is not about > the benefits of FreeBSD versus something else, it's about what affected > us personally when we made the decision. > > The main issue for me was that I wanted to learn unix, learn it right, > and learn it once. I'm not a student or a career computer person so I > only have the time to learn it once. FreeBSD looked to be more of a > "real unix" and seemed to be used almost exclusively (then) by serious > people with a lot of experience, but people I didn't know, whereas I > knew a lot of home users and students who were using Linux for fun and > hacking, but not professionally. One friend almost talked me into > Coherent but sending a small amount of money overseas was a major > hassle. Eventually I tried Linux and FreeBSD. > lol ... Coherent 3.2.1 was the first Unix varient I had ever used, at the time ISP prices were too much and I wanted an operating system that I could run a BBS on and still use my computer. I used that for about three years, once the ISP prices came down I had to switch back to Windows to have access to the net, at this point I tried Linux, but it left a bad taste in my mouth (for lack of a better term). I found a copy of Coherent 4.x but the networking capibilty was a bit lacking, so I went looking for this thing called FreeBSD ....... I read the opening page of the web site, ran over to a friend's apt, who was in the market for "a free unix that he could use a proxy server with his Novell network". He didn't make it through the first web page before he started muttering "where's their ftp site" ...... ... well, a box of beer later and what we both considered an easy install, niether of use have looked back. Although he still has to worry about Novell, Win95, NT, and a few others, I get to sit back every day and enjoy FreeBSD. I have been using FreeBSD for close to two years now and I can confidently say this is the O/S for me. If just one person reads this message and gives FreeBSD an honest try I'll be happy. The support is great, the mail archives are great, ftp sites .... etc etc ..... The friend I had mentioned above has since moved and is still using FreeBSD on a daily basis, mostly for personal choice but he tries very hard to stick a FreeBSD box in network whenever he gets the chance. For anyone thinking about giving FreeBSD a try I just want to relay something he had said the last time I was talking to him, out of all the networking O/S's he has used FreeBSD has the best web/online support he's ever seen, and I'd have to agree 100%. I could go on about how stable and reliable I find FreeBSD to be but it's getting late and work comes too early in the morning. > When the Linux users I knew started pushing hard for me to use Linux no > matter what, and the FreeBSD users said it depends what you want to do, > I knew that FreeBSD was chosen by those who know how to choose. > FreeBSD is a choice that you'll always look back on and smile about. I can't see myself using anything else on my home systems. I just wish I could get a ball cap with the FreeBSD logo on it, that would really put a smile on my face ;) ltr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - arthur@col.auracom.com In a world without fences, is there a need for gates --end-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message