Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:01:58 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Why would one switch to FreeBSD (was: Mark asks: Easy way to copy CD-ROM > MS-floppy?) Message-ID: <20020421130157.GC8347@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3CC24B33.7102597C@earthlink.net> References: <3CC0CAE5.A8A56319@earthlink.net> <877kn1ptad.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <3CC24B33.7102597C@earthlink.net>
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[ Moved to -advocacy, since this is not an answer to -questions anymore. ]
On 2002-04-21 01:16, Mark Filipak wrote:
> | Important Facts
> | ===============
> | * The existing installation has *no* man pages.
> | * The existing installation has *no* MS-DOS clone commands (e.g.,
> | "mcd", "mcopy", etc.)
> | * I could not figure out if the system has what it takes to mount an
> | MS-DOS file system -- I don't know where things are.
> | * The resulting floppy must be readable by Win98SE.
>
> It will indeed be a pleasure when I have a running 4.5 system to play
> with.
Especially when you realize that it has all the manpages you need in
the base system. That there is a compiler in there too. That a
wealth of tools & applications can be installed by installing simply a
precompiled package with pkg_add (which can automatically fetch and
install dependencies too), or recompile your own packages from the
ports. That you have the full source to the system, and can casually
browse the source looking for interesting ideas when you implement
your own applications.
There might be disadvantages hidden in there somewhere (such as
increased disk space usage, when the full source tree is installed),
but I'll let you find out about those as you start using the system.
Ever since I switched to FreeBSD, I discover more reasons every day
for not stopping to use it :)
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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