Success story!

[DerDrache]

Thanks for the encouragement, its not uncommon for us to get discouraged
from time to time when trying to learn a new skill.  Have you played with
GIMP or any other image manipulation programs that will run in BSD?  I'd
love to hear any input on such apps.  My girlfriend is a Photoshop fiend and
I'd love to be able to help her lose her fear of anything non-Windows based.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jalle" <defacto at home.se>
To: <freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: Success story!


> Hey!
> Since not much is happening on this list (other than messages that should
> be addressed to freebsd-questions:) I thougth Id send some encouraging
stuff!
>
> Im a semi-newbie to FreeBSD, and have been using it full-time for a couple
> of months now. I've successfully installed and run several applications
and
> done some other cool stuff, but mostly everyday work. Anything out of the
> ordinary has resulted in an hour's googling or asking The List.
>
> Now Ma & Pa is going on vacation in Europe, and they decided to invest in
a
> digital camera, a Pentax of some sort, very nice thingamabob. Of course,
> the technically talented offspring (me) had to try fiddling around with it
> for a while, taking pictures of everything in sight! Very amusing!
>
> Now, doing stuff like installing new disks, addning new hardware,
> configuring devices etc, has always forced me to seek information on the
> net, cause I've always been totally clueless! This time, installing (or
> connecting rather) the camera on FreeBSD was as simple (?!?) as
recompiling
> the kernel with an extra device, plugging in, mounting it and copying the
> pics from the camera! No sweat!
>
> Point is: It may seem overwhelming to throw yourself from the safe world
of
> Windows into the world of FreeBSD (or UNIX/Linux), but it takes you a few
> weeks to get out of the Windows-thinking, and then another few to get into
> the UNIX...
>
> Go get yourself a digital camera folks! Not only is it hilarious to take
> pictures of your friends embarrass themselves, but you will also get it
> working with your beloved FreeBSD without a sweat!
>
> Maybe this should be in advocacy! =o)
>
> Keep it up!
>
> /Jalle
>
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