Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:34:30 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Beastie <beastie@homedc.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving FreeBSD for Linux - Please Don't Hurt Me Message-ID: <41FFE7D6.7040509@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity> References: <20050130120113.6619D16A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity>
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Beastie wrote: > Greetings !!! > > Whilst I may not have been much of a user of these mailing lists, I > have been quite happy with the standards and quality of the > information provided. Indeed, if I can find a life equivalent for > "RTFM", I would use everyday. > > Alas, as the title says, I am leaving FreeBSD for the wonders of > Linux. The reasoning behind this is one of convenience; months ago, I > was alone here in my hometown, playing and tinkering with FreeBSD. > Then the store I am employed at moved me up the ladder to Leading > Salesman (or something like that, effectively, I knew all the front > part of the store - where things are, how much to sell them - so I can > train the freshmeat that walks in). Suddenly, the server started > playing up and it is on Linux (RedHat 7, I believe). Well, despite > being a computer store and despite having three full-time technicians > and one full-time system builder, I was the _ONLY_ one with *nix > skills - of any kind. Me, the salesman. > > In the end, we upgraded the system completely, to Debian (and no, I > wasn't involved) and 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. I moved to FreeBSD, from Linux, to learn more about Linux, Ironic I know but Linux is now a walk in the park, like you said. The only problem now is having been thoroughly converted into a *BSD advocate. With your sales skills and UNIX know-how could you not just convert them to BSD? do you have any Mac sales / support (you need to have BSD skills to properly support Mac OS-X)?
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