Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 19:59, greg wrote: > FreeBSD is an operating system, not a religion. It is to me. :) Ever since I've seen the light and escaped from Windows hell into BSD heaven. Cheers, Frank signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread greg
> > It may sound weird, but because of what the Linux > > community has become I would like to try and switch > > some of my systems over to FreeBSD. FreeBSD is a great operating system if you would like to try it. However, changing operating systems is not something you should because you don't

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Q
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 20:22, Mike Machuidel wrote: > I've been using Linux for about 7 years. At the > beginning the Linux community was still very small and > very little people ever heard about it or even knew > what is was. Many people called me crazy/stupid/dumb Be prepared to get that all ove

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi, > I've been using Linux for about 7 years. At the > beginning the Linux community was still very small and > ... > All these years I've seen Linux grow. I helped people > on IRC while more and more users were coming with > their questions. Yesterday I decided to go back to the > IRC channel,

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Cordula's Web
> Does FreeBSD have something like SYSV modules (just > asking, of course there's kill)? It depends what you're meaning with SYSV modules: 1. semaphores, shared memory, message queues: Yes. 2. STREAMS (see: Rago, SysV Network Programming): No. 3. binary compatiblity to SysV: Yes, but only pa

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:22:29AM -0800, Mike Machuidel wrote: > It may sound weird, but because of what the Linux > community has become I would like to try and switch > some of my systems over to FreeBSD. First I have some > questions about what to expect: You're welcome here, and I hope that

Re: Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Mike Machuidel wrote: > I've been using Linux for about 7 years. At the > beginning the Linux community was still very small and > very little people ever heard about it or even knew > what is was. Many people called me crazy/stupid/dumb > because I wasn't using Windows and to

Retired Linux user wants to switch

2004-01-29 Thread Mike Machuidel
I've been using Linux for about 7 years. At the beginning the Linux community was still very small and very little people ever heard about it or even knew what is was. Many people called me crazy/stupid/dumb because I wasn't using Windows and told me I would never find a job as a programmer. Now ev