From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 2 12:27:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D945D1065670 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:27:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djuatdelta@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 653E88FC1B for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:27:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djuatdelta@gmail.com) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so1746948ewy.43 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:27:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3aDfmC1Ew5z7l4OMwD+RM+PuO3TpUWQAbsEamIYbhcQ=; b=sKsGe6DDc6wITqldipulQbnZg1cKrxy8foJ1/n/KYf+fyYzBJhpB97AL5CXOYtyPf4 oWLBA4Nl83yuuq+VOV7nu8TEK1EYcrB66e/hq12ymT8tj7aV5ENQ/1s7gzXrFQnjly0t Gpy+DyCoEKa+D+twmpzjtDK8iR2Fzoc1t52Ls= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PFEr9oIFticWcFq5Z2x+G2yRl9ppX/AViH/Hf/JM9e3QIJOI6njy27EuU+VVoh1OrW 43fnFca4pdudDpunvyvDRVW9Q5g+00Uj883tl7EQ8YRUzQHG9oijnrnUtOXiGvT9aNEr HZE4WHqS+k2ftFQlWE2o/OvJbtetyvL2xYw7o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.13.210 with SMTP id b60mr3158218web.97.1246537651316; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:27:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090702072125.6a3e513d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090702072125.6a3e513d.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:27:31 -0400 Message-ID: From: Daniel Underwood To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POLL: Linux preferences from FreeBSD users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:27:33 -0000 >> I'm very interested to see the spread of opinion about Linux >> distributions from FreeBSD fans. > > Why? Good question. Because of the perspective many FreeBSD fans (people who like and use FreeBSD) have toward *NIX OS's. You said it well: > "Modern" Linux distributions don't appeal very much to me, because > they are messy: Missing manpages, partially ununderstandable file > system hierarchy layout, untidy source code. These are things, I'm guessing, that the casual Linux user may not appreciate. Someone who has a great deal of experience with both FreeBSD and various Linux distributions, however, probably would appreciate these things. If I were to poll a sample of individuals who only have experience with, say, Windows and Linux, then the responses would likely represent opinions formed upon a wholly different set of criteria.