From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 13:49:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6F1F16A420 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:49:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F86343D46 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:49:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from localhost (monrovll-cuda1-24-53-251-44.pittpa.adelphia.net [24.53.251.44]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:49:22 -0400 id 00056412.44351C62.00003211 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:49:21 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Tom" Message-Id: <20060406094921.478b5cc3.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c65907$42db76c0$6401a8c0@thomas> References: <000001c65907$42db76c0$6401a8c0@thomas> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:49:23 -0000 "Tom" wrote: > I am just looking at Free BSD as a Windows alternative. I have a home > workgroup that I am out growing and wanting to do more with, but don't want > to give MS any more Hundreds of hard earned dollars. > > My first question is where can I find a site that will list all approved or > thoroughly checked out hardware to build a "box" (motherboards, and the > like). I don't have the time, or patience to get into major software > conflicts or bugs. I want to follow a A to B to C box build and software > setup. Is there someone (or more) to guide me through the process? Is there > a website with complete and accurate information on it? Is there a "BSD for > idiots" instruction book that's current? Is there a BSD project team working > with manufactures and touting their successes? Help! Don't use FreeBSD. I know this will be an unpopular post on this list, but you've said a number of things that tell me that you will be unsuccessful with FreeBSD: 1) You don't seem to have any Unix experience 2) You're coming from a Windows world 3) You don't have time or patience #3 is particularly important, given #1 and #2. FreeBSD _will_ take you some time to understand. It _will_ take some time and effort to get it working the way you want. Since you are totally new to it, it _will_ require patience. If you don't have time or patience to learn right now, you're setting yourself up for failure. When you do have some time and patience, we'll be happy to help you through your learning curve. If you're looking for a fast, easy fix, you're not going to find it by switching operating systems to something you know nothing about. I've seen a number of people bash Linux and the BSDs because they wanted a simple, cheap solution to Windows and did not have the time or patience to work through the learning curve. Unless I've misinterpreted your email and you do have some Unix experience, this is not a good time to make the switch. Just my $.02. -- Bill Moran