From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 05:48:01 2007 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 EA53616A417 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from ra.egypt.nl (cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl [213.51.103.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B5713C46A for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from ra.egypt.nl (localhost.egypt.nl [127.0.0.1]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E1F398B6 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:47:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5AE2D398AB; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:47:59 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on ra.egypt.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3EE39885 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:47:54 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46BBFC0C.8020202@boosten.org> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:47:56 +0200 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060516 Thunderbird/1.5.0.4 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> <200708090501.59948.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <46BAA129.6090800@boosten.org> <20070810140154.346f1a8e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070810140154.346f1a8e@localhost> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 OpenPGP: url=http://www.boosten.org/content/view/49/47/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000764-3, 08/09/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: Convince me, please! 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: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:48:02 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:07:53 +0200 > Peter Boosten wrote: >> Yes, I think you're right. Most FreeBSD users are used to do things the >> 'command line way'. > > I think it is more a 'Unix users' rather than FBSD users thing. The fact remains that unix provides an awesome toolkit that doesnt have (or need) mouse+button hindrance that only now MS is seriously starting to provide. Yes, you have all the GUI you want in windows, but to get things fixed when they borked (or when you want the job done without outguessing the gui) you now have lots of CLI tools. I find this highly amusing... MS is still coming around to doing things the unix way ...if only in the long way around... > >> FreeBSD has a steep learning curve (actually a steep >> configuration curve), but once you get things running (and that isn't >> that hard) it's rock steady. > > Not necessarily more than other unix-like OS, i think. Understanding the system (ANY system) is key to ease of configuration. If you started learning unix, properly configuring windows is ... strange, and all over the place > >> So the advantages aren't necessary won when installing, but more when >> using FreeBSD for a while. > > applies to all OSes i can think of. > You're right on all answers, but we're talking in this mailing list about FreeBSD ;-) -- http://www.boosten.org