From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 31 18:26:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B9716A4CE for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:26:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E8443D31 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:26:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226])j0VIQ2be024947; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:26:07 +0200 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) j0VIPwns002685; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:25:58 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost)j0VIPtJY002684; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:25:55 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:25:55 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Beastie Message-ID: <20050131182555.GA2629@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050130120113.6619D16A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity> cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving FreeBSD for Linux - Please Don't Hurt Me X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:26:09 -0000 On 2005-01-31 14:22, Beastie wrote: > [...] now, to cut down costs, the boss has politely asked me to learn > more about Linux in general, so that I can help out in any future > problems. So, I overwrote my FreeBSD HDD (*sigh*) and installed > Fedora Core 3 - a nice and easy one to get my feet wet. Actually, > compared to FreeBSD, this Linux is a bit of a walk in the park. > > So, I shall be leaving these hallowed halls - whilst I do have two > HDDs, one must be kept for Windows (so that I can answer customers > questions) - I shall try to return one day when I have more time and > less pressure from work. > > Gentlemen and ladies (I assume there are some here ;-) ), it has been > a pleasure and I shall return - I hope - in the near future... Unless > a Grue or penguin eats me ... That was a great post. Thank you. I've been in this position in the past too. One of my contracts involved developing on Linux, when only 1 partition was available on the development machine I had at home. Returning to Slackware after several years of FreeBSD was a bit of a pain, especially whenever I had to install third-party software. I'm back to using FreeBSD now, though. May you find the chance to return to the FreeBSD "company" too :-) If FreeBSD can be used instead of Linux and perform the same tasks as that dreaded Fedora installation, see if you can convince the boss to use FreeBSD instead of the stupi^W^H Redhat installation. [ Lots of angry comments about Fedora problems snipped. ]