From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 17:06:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C70F3106564A for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=0635f437f=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-001.utdallas.edu (ip-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C3B8FC19 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AowKAJRbk02BbgogSmdsb2JhbAClXAEBGgYCJIketQSFagSFPw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,269,1299477600"; d="scan'208";a="57135026" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 30 Mar 2011 11:36:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:36:30 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Chad Perrin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20110330154902.GC75845@guilt.hydra> References: <20110329144527.c009ba8b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <20110330154902.GC75845@guilt.hydra> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:01 -0000 --On March 30, 2011 9:49:02 AM -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:45:27PM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: >> I want to learn BSD. I find that the best way to familiarize myself >> with a distro is to adopt it as my main distro (for web browsing, >> email, word processing, etc.). > > A word of caution -- as you have probably noticed in responses already: > What a delightful answer. I especially liked "As vi is to Notepad, so FreeBSD is to Ubuntu or Mint, I think;" My compliments on a job very well done. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell