From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 17:57:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD47316A412 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:57:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@lambda.cultofray.net) Received: from lambda.cultofray.net (lambda.cultofray.net [80.68.95.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32AAF43D45 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:57:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ray@lambda.cultofray.net) Received: from lambda.cultofray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lambda.cultofray.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k9HHveZb020517; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:57:40 -0400 Received: (from ray@localhost) by lambda.cultofray.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k9HHvcBX020516; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:57:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:57:36 -0400 From: Raymond Pasco To: Garrett Cooper Message-ID: <20061017175735.GA20487@lambda.cultofray.net> References: <70e8236f0610151546y2e644b4ajb3f86de5bff6179a@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f0610151557m441baf19ma2ffc0cf504f4edb@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20610170417u18205402q2b9cb2eec97d70ec@mail.gmail.com> <4535028F.4080805@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4535028F.4080805@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:57:42 -0000 On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 09:19:27AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > I'd like to see portage in FBSD though, since ruby is pretty kludgy. You'd like to port a knockoff of ports to a system that has ports? (also, not sure what you're referring to with your 'ruby' comment.) In my experience, people develop on Linux and Linux distributions more, just because it's the current `popular' system. FreeBSD is still (imo) better, though, despite its smaller following. -- Raymond Pasco Mobile: +1 860 335 5022 (SMS only please) "Our name is Legion, for we are many."