Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:32:42 -0500 (EST) From: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> To: Jesper Holmberg <jeho5791@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About Unix Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010308091658.6696A-100000@p2> In-Reply-To: <20010308115639.A4298@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr>
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> So my question to you would be: can you tell my just why I should hang > in there? Why do you prefer FreeBSD? What will I discover if I stay > that is not obvious at first sight? I recently switched from Linux to FreeBSD and must say I like it more, although it doesn't win in every category and here is why Things that make FreeBSD superior: - When upgrading on linux you must hunt around about 12-15 different sites trying to download new tools to work with the new kernel. This is a huge pain in the ass! esspecially for those that try to follow kernel development. CVSup is the best tool ever! - The ports collection makes tracking down the software you want to install as easy as "make install" I really love this. - My uptime went from about a week on Linux to never crashing with FreeBSD, I am still amazed at how much more stable it is! - Documentation is more centralized and reliable - The people on the mailing lists are a hell of alot more sane and level-headed, not quite as fanatical and in your face :-) Things that I was disappointed with: - SMP support, I can't put my finger on it but it seemed to work much better under Linux. - XMMS is known to get choppy and add pops to the song? pops in music when it switches songs too. If anyone knows why this is let me know. -Russ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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