Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 10:43:28 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E9lix=2DAntoine?= Paradis <reel@sympatico.ca> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux meeting in =?iso-8859-1?Q?Qu=E9bec=2E?= Message-ID: <3BBC9FC0.705F0248@acuson.com> References: <20011003222444.V339-100000@idem.ath.cx>
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Félix-Antoine Paradis wrote: > > Hey, > > A linux user group in Quebec, Canada, is having a meeting soon. They > want someone to demonstrate the utility/differences between the BSD family > and other linux distributions. I gave my name to do that. Now, i am > looking for some online demonstrations/benchmarking diffs. I got some > arguments, some things to say, but, i just want to hear from you. If > there's any points to push hard, hidden features or great differences. It would depend upon how technical they want the presentation to be. If it were me, I would concentrate on the end-user vantage point. I would compare and contrast: pkg versus rpm/deb ports versus apt-get make buildworld versus making dozens of distinct packages BSD init versus SYSV init different kernel config styles The following points are also good to cover: kernel/environment integration complete documentation as part of the base OS kernel security, jail, etc. mature IPv6 David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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