Retired Linux user wants to switch

[Peter Ulrich Kruppa]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Mike Machuidel wrote:

> I've been using Linux for about 7 years. At the
> beginning the Linux community was still very small and
> very little people ever heard about it or even knew
> what is was. Many people called me crazy/stupid/dumb
> because I wasn't using Windows and told me I would
> never find a job as a programmer. Now everyone
> suddenly thinks I'm cool :S and ask if I could install
> Linux for them.
>
> All these years I've seen Linux grow. I helped people
> on IRC while more and more users were coming with
> their questions. Yesterday I decided to go back to the
> IRC channel, after about 4 years, to ask a question
> about USB (I'm not really into USB). What happened
> really turned me off. They called me "a troll", that I
> should "go back to Windows", I'm "too dumb to use
> Linux" and because I told them "I've been on this
> channel even before you began using Linux" they kicked
> me off. This is 1 of the many examples.
As far as I remember, Bill Gates, not known as a linux friend,
called FreeBSD "cool". I don't know, if that helps, but you are
welcome anyway :-)

For the rest of your questions: I would just give a 4.9 -RELEASE
standard installation a try.
Most startup questions are answered in
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook
All 10000 known applications can be browsed and installed via the
ports-collection (also --> handbook).

Have fun.

Uli.

>
> It may sound weird, but because of what the Linux
> community has become I would like to try and switch
> some of my systems over to FreeBSD. First I have some
> questions about what to expect:
>
> Is there any alternative for Shorewall? If not, would
> it be wise to port it to FreeBSD?
>
> Is FreeBSD using PAM by default? Will the combination
> of pam_ldap + nss_ldap + OpenLDAP work?
>
> Can FreeBSD resolve reverse dependecies? Is there
> something to clean up orphan dependecies?
>
> Does FreeBSD have something like SYSV modules (just
> asking, of course there's kill)?
>
> How well does DRM/DRI work in FreeBSD?
>
> Is it possible to PXE boot the FreeBSD installation
> and install from the network (without setting up NFS)?
>
> Are there any recommendations for managing a hosting
> server? Software? Configurations?
>
> These were all question for now. I hope the story at
> the beginning wasn't too much and didn't violate the
> rules of this forum.
>
> Thank you,
> Mike Machuidel ;)
>
>
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