Re: Loving the FreeBSD

From: Johnson David (DavidJohnson_at_Siemens.com)
Date: 08/20/03

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    To: Jeandre du Toit <jeandre@itvs.co.za>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:21:32 -0700

    On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:30 am, Jeandre du Toit wrote:

    > i would like you to keep you os of my front porch. if i see
    > windows in or near my house again there will be trouble.

    Hee hee!

    I just built myself a new computer, and Windows is one of the OSs that
    will run on it. My first experience with Windows XP leaves me less than
    thrilled.

    Formatting a 20Gig UFS2+Softupdates partition: less than five seconds.
    Versus. Formatting a 20Gig NTFS partition: ten minutes.

    Installing FreeBSD 5.1: about ten minutes, with zero reboots. Versus.
    Installing Windows XP: 52 minutes, plus two reboots (fewer reboots than
    with 98 though!).

    Security advisories: FreeBSD 5.1 none that affect my system. Versus.
    Windows XP + SP1 + about 40Megs of critical updates. I haven't even
    gotten around to the fixes for those two internet shattering worms that
    hit during the last two weeks.

    Setting up a DVD player in FreeBSD: install MPlayer and everything just
    works. Versus. Setting up a DVD player in Windows XP: Try Windows Media
    Player 9.0. Media Player crashes. Try "demo" version of WinDVD. Doesn't
    work. Still haven't gotten DVD playback to work under Windows yet.

    Yes, I need more technical savvy to use FreeBSD. But since I already
    have some small modicum of technical savvy, the choice for me is clear.
    The only thing keeping Windows around for me is a tiny handful of
    applications and the occasional game.

    David
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