Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:25:33 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Emerson Longley <emerson@WPI.EDU> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch Message-ID: <20030125132533.GF1042@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301250011070.2571-100000@emdall.WPI.EDU> References: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301250011070.2571-100000@emdall.WPI.EDU>
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On Saturday, 25 January 2003 at 0:27:38 -0500, Scott Emerson Longley wrote: > I'm about ready to ditch Windoze for good and I'm spending what little > free time I can find to prepare by researching FreeBSD. Currently, I run > two OpenBSD servers and use a 3rd OpenBSD system (a laptop) as a portable > terminal. I have 3 years of *nix (OpenBSD, true64, linux) experience, but > only one years experience as an administrator (OpenBSD). My main desktop > system is W2k and I am sick and tired of it. I have decided to replace W2k > with FreeBSD, as it is more suited to desktop use than OpenBSD. Now that > I'm done babbling, here's my question: Interesting question. What makes you think that FreeBSD is more suited to the desktop than OpenBSD? > What major differences will I encounter (post-install) as a new FreeBSD > user/administrator that my OpenBSD experience wouldn't have prepared me > for? It's difficult to quantify what differences you're likely to see. Installation will probably seem easier. You'll find different device names for disks. On the whole, I think the important differences you'll find will be with the "desktop" software you choose, and they'll be differences from Microsoft, not from OpenBSD. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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