From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 27 12:55:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08886 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:55:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08880 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:55:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA07807; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:54:52 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com> To: gsutter@pobox.com cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS Comparisons. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:22:21 EST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:54:52 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Andreas Braukmann wrote: > >>> On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:20:15AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: >>> > http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/ >> >>hhmm. I found the characterization for linux-users quite interesting: >> "He needed the stability and power of Unix but didn't >> know enough about Unix to configure FreeBSD. " > >Especially since I found FreeBSD much easier to properly configure than >my Linux system. 'Course, I was running Slackware Linux with a 1.1.56? >kernel. :) > >I found myself in the Linux camp on the survey above, though. I changed >my answers three times and still was characterized as a Linux user. I'm >going to wipe my HDD now and install Red Hat. Funny, I didn't answer any of the questions and was put into the Linux camp. It's annoying yet interesting that it skips over OS/2 and FreeBSD when it decides you're a Linux candidate. I wonder if it always decides "linux" is best for you, no matter how you answer the questions? :-) -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message