Windows XP is an alternative On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Steven Susbauer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >> <opinion> > >> But why are we interested in "converting" people? That borders on > >> religious, which an operating system should not be. > > > > exactly. > > > > it's a good idea to tell people about trying FreeBSD if they are already > > using some flavor of unix. > > > > One can be "converted" from Solaris to FreeBSD, from NetBSD to OpenBSD, > > and (sometimes) from linux to FreeBSD. > > > > But not from Windows. > > > I disagree strongly. If someone has the interest and ability (if only to > read docs), they could certainly change from Windows to FreeBSD. The > point from your quoted post appears to be that it is not a religion to > be converted to from anything, rather a tool that some will use if they > want to, or won't. There's nothing wrong with that. > > Depending on what someone is hoping to accomplish, I would certainly > suggest FreeBSD as a suitable tool. It is no sweat off my back if they > use something different though. > > > To the OP if you're still reading; read through the handbook beforehand. > At least, see if it's really what you want to get into. There are > BSD-based desktop systems that may suit you better if you're looking for > a more familiar experience. There are also many "newbie-friendly" Linux > distributions that could suit you also. > > -- new city new thoughts new men please choose the freesoftware to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
