Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:50:53 -0600 From: Steven Susbauer <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: re changing from vista Message-ID: <491E1CED.1080905@hotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081115011836.N16077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <491D59D3.8080809@spansurf.com> <20081114203914.W14337@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <491DDD56.1040001@ccstores.com> <20081114225626.GA56663@icarus.home.lan> <20081115011836.N16077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3176900A3A282ECAE3AB9827 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> <opinion> >> But why are we interested in "converting" people? That borders on >> religious, which an operating system should not be. >=20 > exactly. >=20 > it's a good idea to tell people about trying FreeBSD if they are alread= y > using some flavor of unix. >=20 > One can be "converted" from Solaris to FreeBSD, from NetBSD to OpenBSD,= > and (sometimes) from linux to FreeBSD. >=20 > But not from Windows. >=20 I disagree strongly. If someone has the interest and ability (if only to read docs), they could certainly change from Windows to FreeBSD. The point from your quoted post appears to be that it is not a religion to be converted to from anything, rather a tool that some will use if they want to, or won't. There's nothing wrong with that. Depending on what someone is hoping to accomplish, I would certainly suggest FreeBSD as a suitable tool. It is no sweat off my back if they use something different though. To the OP if you're still reading; read through the handbook beforehand. At least, see if it's really what you want to get into. There are BSD-based desktop systems that may suit you better if you're looking for a more familiar experience. There are also many "newbie-friendly" Linux distributions that could suit you also. --------------enig3176900A3A282ECAE3AB9827 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkeHPAACgkQ2i3YYzbDt08MigCcDYS7OYm+JnzWuKBRuaFnFV7S i8MAoK0/6vi3AWstrOd0QMRVASPx0kO7 =fNDL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3176900A3A282ECAE3AB9827--
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