Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:20:04 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: "Donovan R. Palmer" <donovan@dmpnet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? Message-ID: <471E4964.4020908@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop>
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Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of reasons > become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there any ex or > current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it is to make the > shift from Linux? Is there anything in particular which has been written > which would be useful to read? I first tried to FreeBSD 4.3 coming from RedHat Linux. My main problem was configuring X but there were other things too, so I fell back on Linux. Then I made the switch when RH got to 8.0 which was full of bugs and it somehow just came very easy. I don't know what I did, I guess I just got it right. I had no problem with X. Since then, I just wonder what took me so long to make the switch. Another typical "problem" is that Linux users are used to bash. And the default shell in FreeBSD is csh. I made that switch too, actually I quite like it now. There is plenty of documentation, I often found myself browsing documentation for FreeBSD while using Linux because it was just better written. Check the handbook for a start. Cheers, Erik -- Erik Nørgaard Ph: +34.666334818 http://www.locolomo.org
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