From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 03:32:57 2003 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 A867937B401 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from archimedes.rsn.bth.se (archimedes.rsn.bth.se [194.47.145.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5439843F3F for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 03:32:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from defacto@home.se) Received: from jarl.home.se (as4-3-5.paa.hs.bonet.se [217.215.11.194]) by archimedes.rsn.bth.se (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5UBFfFU087516 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:15:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from defacto@home.se) Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20030630121325.02cf6708@pop3.hbg.bonet.se> X-Sender: jalle@archimedes.rsn.bth.se (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:34:16 +0200 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org From: Jalle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Success story! 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, 30 Jun 2003 10:32:57 -0000 Hey! Since not much is happening on this list (other than messages that should be addressed to freebsd-questions:) I thougth Id send some encouraging stuff! Im a semi-newbie to FreeBSD, and have been using it full-time for a couple of months now. I've successfully installed and run several applications and done some other cool stuff, but mostly everyday work. Anything out of the ordinary has resulted in an hour's googling or asking The List. Now Ma & Pa is going on vacation in Europe, and they decided to invest in a digital camera, a Pentax of some sort, very nice thingamabob. Of course, the technically talented offspring (me) had to try fiddling around with it for a while, taking pictures of everything in sight! Very amusing! Now, doing stuff like installing new disks, addning new hardware, configuring devices etc, has always forced me to seek information on the net, cause I've always been totally clueless! This time, installing (or connecting rather) the camera on FreeBSD was as simple (?!?) as recompiling the kernel with an extra device, plugging in, mounting it and copying the pics from the camera! No sweat! Point is: It may seem overwhelming to throw yourself from the safe world of Windows into the world of FreeBSD (or UNIX/Linux), but it takes you a few weeks to get out of the Windows-thinking, and then another few to get into the UNIX... Go get yourself a digital camera folks! Not only is it hilarious to take pictures of your friends embarrass themselves, but you will also get it working with your beloved FreeBSD without a sweat! Maybe this should be in advocacy! =o) Keep it up! /Jalle