re changing from vista

[Yeef CN]

Windows XP is an alternative

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Steven Susbauer <
stupendoussteve at hotmail.com> 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.
>
>


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