Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:53:08 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just a little persuasuion, that's all I need (convert me to FBSD) Message-ID: <20011110125308.A1112@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011109182854.GA56403@hades.hell.gr> References: <20011108173630.B22523@raggedclown.net> <20011109182854.GA56403@hades.hell.gr>
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Hello, Thanks for all the replies, both personal and on the list. I wrote also to the feedback address of the Linux distribution explaining why I would no longer use them, I had some interesting personal replies (as I cc'ed it to the general mailing list) which showed I am not alone in my fed-upedness with commercial Linux distributions. Why am I being coy ? I am talking about SuSE inc, my brief encounter with Redhat in the past was a nightmare from Day 1, just to clear that up! I am currently re-thinking how to set this network of mine up, and FreeBSD is a central part of the plan. I am reasonably au-fait with networking etc, and in fact have been on this list for a long time and have a largish personal archive of things I have found interesting. I have enough machine capacity to make the system I need, and will still have Linux on part of it, but probably the Linux closest to the BSD/Unix spirit (slackware). I was looking yesterday at the contents of my personal "bin&sbin" directory and so much of it is front-end scripts etc, to things that I need to be able to do, written fairly portably so I can re-use them I think ! As you may realise I do have a reasonable technical background (20+ years of Unix, as systems programmer and System Manager) so it should be possible. I am prepared to get my hands dirty so to speak, I know on the surface FreeBSD has less polish and glitz, but I feel there is some solid metal underneath. But one of the points of the small network I want is actually to get some things going that have nothing to do with computers, many of my friends are writers or involved in other such pursuits and I want to create some kind of outlet for that. In order to do this I want to also pursue my other interests. I realised with SuSE linux I was spending time (and money) in chasing an ephemera. I had terrible problems in the flat I live in a while ago with blocked drains, I was spending huge quantities of my time unblocking them until I found out the cause. I realised the other day that I was doing exactly the same thing with my O/S .. lol. Not plugging holes, unblocking drains..there's a thought. Anyway, have a good weekend ! -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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