From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 19 15:20:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.onclick.net (unknown [203.41.60.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85676114C6 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vlad@onclick.net) Received: from beast [203.41.60.151] by mail.onclick.net (SMTPD32-4.06) id A23047A00FC; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:22:24 +1000 Message-Id: <4.1.19990220101632.0097b910@mail.onclick.net> X-Sender: vlad@mail.onclick.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:21:42 +1100 To: root@isis.dynip.com, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org From: vlad Subject: Re: Very Common Question In-Reply-To: <199902191310.QAA44457@isis.dynip.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org one question......what do you care what is said by other people....do you like FreeBSD, does it suit your application?.....YES...Then great! ..If NO....then get a copy of linux.....it's really simple. Do you always hate not having the popular thing? At 04:09 19/02/99 +0300, root@isis.dynip.com wrote: >Hi there, >Continuing the series of questiions, >I am hearing tooooo much now about linux. >Linux started , may be , some a year or so before FreeBSD, and has >become very common, even the guys who don't know a shit about >computers, when you tell them I am running unix at home, of course >refering to your FreeBSD machine, they immediately tell you, Linux ?? > >I'm sick of it, now I hear that IBM is making some deal with Linux >people for installing Linux on their new machines, I am very very sad, >and very very gelous. > >I wan too know, in full detail, the difference between FreeBSD, and >Linux, why is linux more popular, why the heck FreeBSD doesnot have >support for simple things like Parralel port scanners, why the linux >ports is few Gigabytes, why I am still pretty sure that FreeBSD is >better. > >I wan to know why every time I go to a web page on the net to hunt for >extra-portal (like extra-terresterial) software, I find the following >Menu: > > Windows 95/98 > Windows NT > OS2 > Machintosh > Linux > >Is this list missing something. > >Why, despite the support of linux in FreeBSD down to the kernel level, >you can expect the following response when you download any softwaare >from menu item no. 5 from above menu (Linux for the dummy) > > -----> FreeBSD response ----> unknown elf, brand with elf > if you try to brand, it can't brand. > in short it is not runnable. (period) > >I am very sad, someone MUST answer these VERY VERY common questions, >but NOT with conventional answers like: > >* if you are still asking which is better, you did not do your homework >* Linux is unix-like, FreeBSD IS unix >* Linux comes from 3 vendors, FreeBSD comes from one .ORG >* Linux kernel is unix, while the resst is crap. >* FreeBSD Network system is a great thing, and all ISPs are shifting to > it. > >Please guys, some real, and in-depth answers. >from a very FreeBSDish guy. > >thanks >-- >- MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. ~o .^. >---------------------------- ___ o~ .00 ) >Static Email : osiris2002@yahoo.com /| o~ /)( >Bouncing Email : root@isis.dynip.com / | | \ >Web Site : http://isis.dynip.com:80 (Frames) ___/ | / \ >Anon FTP Site : ftp://isis.dynip.com:21 (anonymous) | /''___/ / | >Gopher Site : gopher://isis.dynip.com:70 | /'''/___/ | >Network News : isis.dynip.com (Read, Post, Xfer) __|/'''/ >Mailing Lists : majordomo@isis.dynip.com (public) >pgp key : finger root@isis.dynip.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -------------------------------- http://www.onclick.net -------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message