From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 23:49:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2772116A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:49:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (mproxy.gmail.com [216.239.56.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A73043D54 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cjalmond@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id u22so37365cwc for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.181.55 with SMTP id d55mr10526rnf; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <92b67e1b040622164936fe4aa9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:49:13 -0500 From: Curtis Almond To: arden In-Reply-To: <1087903868.2382.15.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <40D484A2.2080602@yahoo.com> <40D496C7.3090908@wcborstel.nl> <1087677031.834.99.camel@compass.straycat.dhs.org> <40D6876E.8050005@yahoo.com><1087903868.2382.15.camel@localhost> cc: FreeBSD Org Subject: Re: FreeBSD weakness. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:49:16 -0000 I have been playing with Linux and BSD for about 3 years. I have landed on the following. 1. FreeBSD is great for non-cluster server install bases. 2. FreeBSD is great for a workstation if you really really like compiling and hand editing config files. 3. Linux is best for a workstation desktop substitute for Windows "if" you have app support. As for Linux distros I have landed on Xandros. They just announced the free download edition a few weeks ago. On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:31:08 +0100, arden wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 02:36, Tom McLaughlin wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 02:59, Lloyd Hayes wrote: > > > >Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft. > > > >BSD is for people who love Unix. > > > > > > Under these conditions, I guess that I need to go for Linux... > > > > > > > I'f you're going to go with Linux then I'd recommend Mandrake. Many > > people would also recommend Suse as well but I never personally used > > that so I can't vouch for it but you many want to give that a whirl. > > I'd stay away from Fedora though, I don't think it's meant for anyone > > besides those willing to work on it when they find problems. > > > > Mandrake has the Community Download edition available about a month I > > think before the pay CD release. It's a way for all the early adopters > > to leach, find bugs, and kvetch before the people paying Mandrakesoft's > > bills get their version. :) Wait two weeks or so after the release for > > the errata to flow in then install and run their update utility. > > Mandrake served me well for a number of years until I felt I needed > > something different which is why I am here. It's still the distribution > > I'd recommend to anyone who doesn't feel like bothering with all the > > internals. > > > > Tom > > id second the mandrake vote I started with mandrake thought id be cleaver an go > hardcore with slackware then went back to mandrake as a desktop os > > arden > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >