Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Charlie Farinella
On 2007-10-22 Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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?

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Adam J Richardson
Donovan R. Palmer wrote: I have saved many of your emails for future reference. Hi Donovan, Welcome to the list. There's no need for you to store the emails, since they're all archived at http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/ anyway. :) Regards, Adam J Richardson

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:13:21PM +0100, Adam J Richardson wrote: Donovan R. Palmer wrote: I have saved many of your emails for future reference. Hi Donovan, Welcome to the list. There's no need for you to store the emails, since they're all archived at http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Charlie Farinella wrote: I'm still using Linux (Kubuntu, or Slackware) for my desktop machines, and am wondering if FreeBSD is an option for the desktop. I need to run Audacity for instance, and would like to be able to view audio-video content on the web. Has that been

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim Judd
I subscribe to the digest, so below is a copy/paste of the question/mail i'm replying to: - QUOTE: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Donovan, On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:42 AM Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of reasons

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Roland Smith
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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
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Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Mayank Jain
Hi Using freeBSD is more fun. Installing packages and all that is very easy. The things you can do in LINUX you can surely do with FreeBSD. Collection of large number of ports and the flexibility to modify anything the way you want make it cool. Really after installing FreeBSD I had never

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Robby Balona
Switch .. switch now and you will love it. i just spent 3 days trying to get unixODBC working on linux... . I got it to work in about 10 min on Freebsd. Freebsd rules... its a slight bit different but it rules. You will never go back once you port something. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:07

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Bahman M.
On 2007-10-22 Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Gueven Bay
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux

2007-10-23 Thread Bill Vermillion
At Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:00 , our malformed and occasionally flatulent friend [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth this fount of brain juice: Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:30:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Judd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? I subscribe to the digest

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread cpghost
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:33:57 +0100 Donovan R. Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:42 AM Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread James
I switched after using linux for several years because things are more consistent in FreeBSD. These days, I still use linux for some things, but it often feels like things are slightly weird and kludgy. Which, in all honesty, they are. Linux is one of the greatest projects ever, creating

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, could you tell me how hard it is to make the shift from Linux? troll warning http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ /warning :-D More sincerely, welcome to FreeBSD! Set your mail filters, subscribe to the lists, grab your handbook, phasers on stun...

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:03:44AM +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Friends... thank you for all of your responses. Last night I read a big chunk of the handbook and read articles such as http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:01:41PM +0200, Gueven Bay wrote: On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Jeff Mohler
The difficulty for my moving the last of my Linux boxes, is...iscsi support. God how I wish I could map luns, boot from luns, and share lun love with my other freebsd boxes. Im starting on another venture, that I -want- on FreeBSD, but likely will not be able to, because I cant use iscsi on it.

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread NetOpsCenter
Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Erik Norgaard
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

Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Donovan R. Palmer
Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Benjamin M. A'Lee
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Mike Jeays
On October 22, 2007 02:33:57 pm Donovan R. Palmer wrote: Hi, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, 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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread Steve Bertrand
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

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-22 Thread John Murphy
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:33:57 +0100 Donovan R. Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 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