Best way to switch from Linux to BSD

[Chip Camden]

Quoth Stephen Montgomery-Smith on Tuesday, 29 March 2011:
> 3. Whether or not the use wants the ability to install a proprietary 
> closed exploit-ridden hellhole depends upon what they want.  If they 
> want to go to movie web sites and view the latest trailers complete with 
> all the flashy add ons, then FreeBSD is not the way to go.  Of course, 
> if your idea of a good desktop experience is as a software development 
> environment, or to write math papers in latex, or to check email with 
> little to no risk of acquiring the latest virus, FreeBSD wins out hands 
> down.
> 
A most excellent point.  Define "desktop system."  I couldn't care less
about Flash, myself.  A secure, fast, and open development box is what I
need.  
> 
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