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Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows

Posted by michael on from the painful-experiences dept.

uninet writes "Most people know what GNU/Linux is, but fewer know about BSD and fewer still have actually used one of the major BSD variants (other than the highly customized Mac OS X). Ed Hurst, a writer and a long time GNU/Linux user, decided to give FreeBSD a try. Will Ed join the ranks of happy FreeBSD users? Find out at OfB.biz." And our own Roblimo, Windows-free for five years, has spent a week learning Windows XP.

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  1. Roblimo says XP is reliable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I haven't had XP Pro crash on me all week in the old 'blue screen of death sense'

    Burn the witch!

  2. I couldnt use FreeBSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I tried to use BSD but they said I wasn't arrogant enough!!

    1. Re:I couldnt use FreeBSD by vcbumg2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      AH.. I am not sure what it is but the arrogance comes AFTER using a BSD for a while... keep working at it and you will get there if you are as smart as me ;)

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  3. Re:My own experience from No Windows to XP... by b!arg · · Score: 2, Funny

    2K is good. I like it a lot better than XP even. Of course the machine I use XP on is not nearly the machine that my 2K machine is. I've had one blue screen in about 3 years and that was because I umm...pulled the IDE cable from the HD while machine was on...dumbass!

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