Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:14:40 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> To: "chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971021090549.12869B-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971020114020.5069C-100000@kalypso.cybercom.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Amancio wrote: > > : it sort of reminded me of 386bsd. After I install the system, I went on > : to build a kernel -- interesting approach to config the kernel : > : make config which asks you a bunch of questions --- all of the sudden > : the Freebsd config file seem like a 21 first century super duper > : kernel configuation database 8) Linux kernel configuration the elegant way: make menuconfig make xconfig Complete with on-line explanations for every kernel compilation option. You can save multiple kernel configurations as well. This has been supported since the 1.2 kernels (IIRC). > : Slackware left me with the impression that it was too slanted to > : hackers and for the life of me I can't figure out why people > : prefer linux to Freebsd -- it seems that Freebsd will be easier > : on newbies. Linux/*BSD wars do not seem do to much to promote free software. If you really need to do a comparison, you have a choice of a handful of distributions: Redhat, Debian, Slackware, Caldera and SuSe. All of these, bar one, is a very professional distribution that is well maintained, has excellent mailing list support and is very elegant and simple to install. Which one is the exception? Slackware (IMHO). It has a very small user base these days, and is really beginning to show it's age. Which one seems to have been the basis of FreeBSD/Linux comparisons in these recent threads? Slackware. If you really feel the need to compare & contrast Linux and FreeBSD, comparing against Redhat or Debian would be a more useful comparison. My two cents worth, as a both a FreeBSD and Linux user. Cheers Graeme - -- Graeme Cross Water Studies Centre, Monash University http://www.wsc.monash.edu.au/~graeme/ Random thought #87 Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv Comment: Auto-signed by PPG (v1.01) (the PGP/PINE gateway) iQB1AwUBNEvlxmAiycRwLbVJAQEaAAMAvuGJka8B2y7yzEvSr8hIRRdFh19xz+LE iJ48BhqkW4QKhcieWpPUKVgLXfjZC8a4IlPHm9jeNxTKuFyMMpnqoUoeEb7v2L26 nbboihpggg2hfokY6X+zt/NQZwrbNKuW =/Xqi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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