Hello Forum & Folks,
I just registered myself because I wanted to ask something. I am back to Apple about 2 or 2,5 years ago. Before that, I used Windows. I use Windows sometimes now too, but virtual on my MacBook Air. I like my Apple ecosystem (iPhone, iPad Air, MacBook Air) very much. It is mobile and very handsome for me as a „user“.
About two weeks ago I did an installation on one of my old ThinkPads with FreeBSD. I had some issues with booting. I used GParted for formatting the SSD and then the installation went very well. I really liked the commands pgk update for example. I had some Linux in the past, but with FreeBSD everything feels „easier“. I was really amazed and had/have more relation to it. Of course as a newbie I bought the book from No Starch Press „Absolute FreeBSD 3rd Edition“ (and 2 or 3 books more about BSD). And I read it a lot together with the FreeBSD Handbook from this webpage.
The point is, I still have a big PC-case around here (Corsair Obsidian 1000) which I wanted to sell. And while I am „consuming“ more and more videos on YouTube from some great channel(s) about FreeBSD, I can’t shake off the thoughts of building a FreeBSD workstation. It always comes back in my mind, „freedom of choice“ and create a system that is stable, lasts very long with some good quality hardware. I would have a separate system on which I can work and backup some stuff on a network-drive. I really would like to see how good some programs work (graphic and photo design, banking, office, etc.) too, because a lot of people here in the forum wrote that they don’t use Apple or Windows anymore and go with FreeBSD. And maybe, if everything goes fine, I would cancel my Apple ecosystem too and prepare a ThinkPad for a mobile solution (just a thought....).
Did some of you came to FreeBSD on this way too? Did some of you experienced this too? And of course, is my opinion right? Because I can’t shake it off in head to have the freedom on computing like in the „early days“. And I am looking for a new book „The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System“. Which I would order on Amazon. I am very curious.....
Tell/write me your thoughts. Like I said, I maybe more a „user“ and we don’t speak about click&work like Apple. But when I had problems with some pkg which I wanted to delete. It came nearly easy to me to do this command. Maybe it was good that they teached me some MS-DOS in my younger days…. ;-)
I hope I placed this in the right category here in the forum and please excuse me if I did some mistakes in english. I am from germany and don’t speak english very often.
Thank you for your thoughts, answers and advices. And please tell me if there is a book/booklet where I can find commands for FreeBSD. Maybe there is a webpage on freebsd.org with commands? And of course, where I can find more programs for FreeBSD? I found freebsdsoftware.org about 1 or 2 days ago…. .
chris
I just registered myself because I wanted to ask something. I am back to Apple about 2 or 2,5 years ago. Before that, I used Windows. I use Windows sometimes now too, but virtual on my MacBook Air. I like my Apple ecosystem (iPhone, iPad Air, MacBook Air) very much. It is mobile and very handsome for me as a „user“.
About two weeks ago I did an installation on one of my old ThinkPads with FreeBSD. I had some issues with booting. I used GParted for formatting the SSD and then the installation went very well. I really liked the commands pgk update for example. I had some Linux in the past, but with FreeBSD everything feels „easier“. I was really amazed and had/have more relation to it. Of course as a newbie I bought the book from No Starch Press „Absolute FreeBSD 3rd Edition“ (and 2 or 3 books more about BSD). And I read it a lot together with the FreeBSD Handbook from this webpage.
The point is, I still have a big PC-case around here (Corsair Obsidian 1000) which I wanted to sell. And while I am „consuming“ more and more videos on YouTube from some great channel(s) about FreeBSD, I can’t shake off the thoughts of building a FreeBSD workstation. It always comes back in my mind, „freedom of choice“ and create a system that is stable, lasts very long with some good quality hardware. I would have a separate system on which I can work and backup some stuff on a network-drive. I really would like to see how good some programs work (graphic and photo design, banking, office, etc.) too, because a lot of people here in the forum wrote that they don’t use Apple or Windows anymore and go with FreeBSD. And maybe, if everything goes fine, I would cancel my Apple ecosystem too and prepare a ThinkPad for a mobile solution (just a thought....).
Did some of you came to FreeBSD on this way too? Did some of you experienced this too? And of course, is my opinion right? Because I can’t shake it off in head to have the freedom on computing like in the „early days“. And I am looking for a new book „The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System“. Which I would order on Amazon. I am very curious.....
Tell/write me your thoughts. Like I said, I maybe more a „user“ and we don’t speak about click&work like Apple. But when I had problems with some pkg which I wanted to delete. It came nearly easy to me to do this command. Maybe it was good that they teached me some MS-DOS in my younger days…. ;-)
I hope I placed this in the right category here in the forum and please excuse me if I did some mistakes in english. I am from germany and don’t speak english very often.
Thank you for your thoughts, answers and advices. And please tell me if there is a book/booklet where I can find commands for FreeBSD. Maybe there is a webpage on freebsd.org with commands? And of course, where I can find more programs for FreeBSD? I found freebsdsoftware.org about 1 or 2 days ago…. .
chris
