Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:04:13 -0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?U2TDpHZ0YWtlcg==?= <sdavtaker@gmail.com> To: Latitude <robertjx@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Convince me, please! Message-ID: <46BAA04D.3050700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com>
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There is a project based on FreeBSD that you can give a try. Its real easy to install, got a lot of applications ported with an easy to use interface. You can install it and have Internet Explorer and a lot of windows applications working in less than a couple of minutes, and there is a virtual machine version to try it before install. The website is http://www.pcbsd.org and starts saying : "PC-BSD has been designed with the 'casual' computer user in mind. Installing the system is simply a matter of a few clicks and a few minutes for the installation process to finish. Hardware such as video, sound, network and other devices will be auto-detected and available at the first system startup. Home users will immediately feel comfortable with PC-BSD's desktop interface, with KDE 3.5 running under the hood. Software installation has also been designed to be as painless as possible, simply double-click and software will be installed. " I hope it helps you :-) Sdäv Latitude escribió: > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows > users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon > the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argument > that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home desktop > users who have previously known only Windows. > > For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have a > desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure out > what's going on? Will I have a browser and way to setup an internet > connection right off the bat? How will I migrate files from other > operating systems? > > I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem > to understand the monumental "fear" involved in switching operating > systems. You need to address those concerns head on from the start. I > need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives > to what I have. > > Help me (and yourselves) out. > >
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