I've been playing around with FreeBSD for about 6 months now and today I finally ditched Windows.
There are a few things I simply haven't been able to figure out, but figured it wasn't enough to prevent the move.
I just wanted to say thanks for a great and free OS.
(edit: and thanks for all the help on the forums )
*UPDATE: 1 year later*
Well, it's been a year and I've survived with only FreeBSD. I've gone from a total noob, to a slightly less total noob
I've become fairly comfortable navigating the system. I've spent lots of time installing/upgrading programs (I love using the ports system), spent time with many different desktop environments and window managers, built and installed kernels, moved from RELEASE onto STABLE, etc.
One goal for this year is to start learning a little more about the command line. Scripting seems like such a powerful thing and I'm very eager to see what I can do. I'm also interested in learning about porting. Every once and a while I come across some software that I'm interested in trying out that isn't in ports and it would be nice to know how to go about getting it running. One of these days I'd like to contribute back to the community.
I bought the books "Absolute FreeBSD" and "Linux and the Unix Philosophy". Both were good reads. By the time I got Absolute FreeBSD I had already become somewhat familiar with a number of things in the book. The book definitely made some things more clear and I know it'll be a great reference for things I haven't spent much time with yet.
Here's to another great year!
There are a few things I simply haven't been able to figure out, but figured it wasn't enough to prevent the move.
I just wanted to say thanks for a great and free OS.
(edit: and thanks for all the help on the forums )
*UPDATE: 1 year later*
Well, it's been a year and I've survived with only FreeBSD. I've gone from a total noob, to a slightly less total noob
I've become fairly comfortable navigating the system. I've spent lots of time installing/upgrading programs (I love using the ports system), spent time with many different desktop environments and window managers, built and installed kernels, moved from RELEASE onto STABLE, etc.
One goal for this year is to start learning a little more about the command line. Scripting seems like such a powerful thing and I'm very eager to see what I can do. I'm also interested in learning about porting. Every once and a while I come across some software that I'm interested in trying out that isn't in ports and it would be nice to know how to go about getting it running. One of these days I'd like to contribute back to the community.
I bought the books "Absolute FreeBSD" and "Linux and the Unix Philosophy". Both were good reads. By the time I got Absolute FreeBSD I had already become somewhat familiar with a number of things in the book. The book definitely made some things more clear and I know it'll be a great reference for things I haven't spent much time with yet.
Here's to another great year!