Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:54:52 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: gsutter@pobox.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS Comparisons. Message-ID: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:22:21 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980327152013.23027C-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu>
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>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
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