Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 20:24:29 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: jesuscash@cox.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another reason to like FreeBSD Message-ID: <Sea1-F146yMYXgdlkEA0001068b@hotmail.com>
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>on Fri, 02 May 2003 11:15:14 Jesus Cash <jesuscash@cox.net> wrote: > >Also it seems lately tha the major distributions of Linux are full of >bloat, not getting to be much different than Windows. I have a P100 laptop >I use for writing and some times some Nintendo emulation. I tried loading >Red Hat 9 on it, stripping it down of course... But it wouldn't even let me >do that. Just flat out said no way, your system sucks. > >Where I work there's a group of people some of us call the Cult of Gentoo. >While one of them is just doing it to fit in (the guy can hardly tech >Windows, which is our job), they all talk about about Gentoo's ease of use >compared to the other distros and other *NIX kernels, their arguements >inevitably lead to Gentoo's "emerge" function. I keep telling them that >FreeBSD has two very similar systems of installing programs, and it does it >about the same, downloading dependencies automatically. Not too sure if >Gentoo patches itself either. Not to mention I didn't have to go through >some huge set-up to get FreeBSD running AND FreeBSD actually detected my >NIC, which Gentoo didn't. Another guy at work and I are just getting into >FreeBSD and already we've had less issues than the guys that have been >running Gentoo since they first put it out. One of these days I'm gonna log >into "The Cult's" computers and change their desktop wallpapers to BSD >centric images. > >Viva La Revolution! :P > >-B > >P.S. >I know there may still be some linux ethusists out there on this list, this >is nothing against you or Linux, it's against just some of the kernel's >followers. I'm sure there are some who can argue this better than they can >and beat me, but eh... I'm only defending my kernel of choice from the >uninformed. After all, despite "The Cult's" presence, I still take all the >Linux calls. > (snip) If you want to be outright mean, try the logo from http://www.linuxisforbitches.com/ (a site devoted to poking fun at LUsers like your 'cult') Peace, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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