From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 16:28:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4236F16A419 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:28:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailgrant@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC64C13C447 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:28:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailgrant@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so603307nzf.13 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=mvZgtp91EtI53B2DdDC+fnbm0WocRMlNd6BG7Xlze4E=; b=PYciw12bphLqMrvcYuJkvZ6JM8NTCp9IhoS4GKNzEQp+XpBXBe7fDJWTYft+fpc++fpEQm/nxbfG+iF5Xc0yHmUFFEgsTpGXacQgOOPiirBOnBa5rEZpRJwD3Xda7disgQoZb4NoBinM3OAnNHdaBqbZ7TXayO2cVF/S/y9yRx4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=brpZXOoCXRgAjZ357x+GkDUp0GS5GqI9CFT4z3w0PRvEbV4BIk1+6YYo5+YdAt+RNNc3JfwsnKejtM1h3E4vkbVcn0U2jYFkRELVT9CYxbA8j/SaKcbK/+3ogJALXvso6movVB85BtiG+m2nkRHFOzBXCTH9oLYN9j7OFMDdAo8= Received: by 10.142.77.11 with SMTP id z11mr1582070wfa.23.1197649712595; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.160.18 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10712140828s1bc2513y5ef27935a67eead7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:32 -0800 From: Grant To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200712141605.lBEG52rJ005843@fire.js.berklix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10712122100y45f12f77q4ae47f311905be25@mail.gmail.com> <200712131947.lBDJlMeZ008204@satan.anjos.strangled.net> <49bf44f10712132026p21717597wc6e592a1a19dad4e@mail.gmail.com> <4762073A.4090402@varusonline.com> <49bf44f10712140643p6b671948n168fdf1b24e7bb13@mail.gmail.com> <200712141605.lBEG52rJ005843@fire.js.berklix.net> Subject: Re: Current Gentoo user X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:28:34 -0000 > > > >>> It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > > > >>> Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > > > >>> the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > > > >>> learn/use/know one OS for server, media system, laptop, router, etc. > > > >>> How would you compare the two OSes? > > Good Grief ! Too many questions on wrong list Grant, Install BSD > & try it! Not that questions & answers aren't interesting, but on > the wrong list. Please read the list charter for advocacy@ you got > when you subscribed. > > Those with time & interest to read a list with individual questions > are subscribed to questions@. Newbie questions belong on questions@, > not on advocacy@. As you appear to not yet even be commited to > being a newbie, you're over quota on advocacy@ > > "Compare this & that" questions can be politically loaded, often > asked by trolls, not that I'm suggesting you are, but its happened > before, & people may be walking on egg shells, trying to answer all > your questions diplomatically, but sooner or later an egg shell may > burst, to reveal those aren't safe chicken eggs but hide the snappy > fire emitting jaws of Jurassic Park raptors ;-) I don't want to > see flames from accidents between *BSD (or Debian). > > advocacy@ is to eg plan advocacy & PR campaigns & media contacts/ > promos etc to attract a mass of interest in FreeBSD, It is not time > effective, or the right forum, to here support individual non user > questions. Please subscribe questions@ read http://freebsd.org more, > then post to questions@freebsd.org Thanks. > > Julian I misinterpreted "advocacy" then. I apologize. - Grant