From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 13:36:51 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 DEFBD16A415 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:36:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.200.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1758043D58 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:36:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from freebsd (c7147696.state.nj.us[199.20.118.150]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <2006091213364901400br0ebe>; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:36:50 +0000 From: "Bob M." To: Bob Walker In-Reply-To: <004001c6d5a0$43ab6ef0$0c01a8c0@DELL8400> References: <004001c6d5a0$43ab6ef0$0c01a8c0@DELL8400> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:38:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1158068309.6767.15.camel@freebsd> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie Experience #2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:36:52 -0000 On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 08:46 -0400, Bob Walker wrote: > Thanks to *all* who responded to my whining -- you've been great, and I am > going to give FreeBSD another try. Apologies to all if I sounded like a > twit... I was just eager to try something new as I have had it with MS > products. Regards, > > Bob Walker Sounded like you were frustrated and venting to me. I cringed when you said you took a few production workstations to install to. Take one box, and some free time, no pressure, start with the handbook from scratch: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html You'll be pleased with your efforts when you're finished, and it only gets better from there. As other's have said, it's a community of people and we've all been there before at one time or another. Post your questions and you'll get answers, and probably in a more timely manner than you may expect. Don't give up. Bob