Leaving FreeBSD for Linux - Please Don't Hurt Me

[Nikolas Britton]

Beastie wrote:

> Greetings !!!
>
> Whilst I may not have been much of a user of these mailing lists, I 
> have been quite happy with the standards and quality of the 
> information provided. Indeed, if I can find a life equivalent for 
> "RTFM", I would use everyday.
>
> Alas, as the title says, I am leaving FreeBSD for the wonders of 
> Linux.  The reasoning behind this is one of convenience; months ago, I 
> was alone here in my hometown, playing and tinkering with FreeBSD.  
> Then the store I am employed at moved me up the ladder to Leading 
> Salesman (or something like that, effectively, I knew all the front 
> part of the store - where things are, how much to sell them - so I can 
> train the freshmeat that walks in). Suddenly, the server started 
> playing up and it is on Linux (RedHat 7, I believe).  Well, despite 
> being a computer store and despite having three full-time technicians 
> and one full-time system builder, I was the _ONLY_ one with *nix 
> skills - of any kind.  Me, the salesman.
>
> In the end, we upgraded the system completely, to Debian (and no, I 
> wasn't involved) and now, to cut down costs, the boss has politely 
> asked me to learn more about Linux in general, so that I can help out 
> in any future problems.  So, I overwrote my FreeBSD HDD (*sigh*) and 
> installed Fedora Core 3 - a nice and easy one to get my feet wet.  
> Actually, compared to FreeBSD, this Linux is a bit of a walk in the park.


I moved to FreeBSD, from Linux, to learn more about Linux, Ironic I know 
but Linux is now a walk in the park, like you said. The only problem now 
is having been thoroughly converted into a *BSD advocate. With your 
sales skills and UNIX know-how could you not just convert them to BSD? 
do you have any Mac sales / support (you need to have BSD skills to 
properly support Mac OS-X)?