From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 11 0:17: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from miranda.mbl.uib.no (miranda.mbl.uib.no [129.177.70.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB2237B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:17:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karin@miranda.mbl.uib.no) Received: (from karin@localhost) by miranda.mbl.uib.no (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f6B7DD914481 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:13:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from karin) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:13:13 +0200 From: Karin Lagesen To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <20010711091313.A14288@miranda.mbl.uib.no> Mail-Followup-To: Karin Lagesen , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3B4A00A6.E463FD36@acuson.com> <86pub9y6mh.fsf@hades.hell.gr> <20010710090507.E5145@miranda.mbl.uib.no> <3B4B5FD9.2C51208D@acuson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B4B5FD9.2C51208D@acuson.com>; from djohnson@acuson.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:04:41PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:04:41PM -0700, David Johnson wrote: > Karin Lagesen wrote: > > > I once heard this explanation of the difference between BSD and linux users; > > Linux is for the ones that hate Windows, BSD is for the ones that like unix. > > Maybe a bit too prejudice, but in my experience basically true...:) > > It isn't true. The vast majority of Linux users use it because it's > Linux, not because it isn't Windows. Unfortunately, the small minority > the uses Linux only because they hate Windows tend to have the loudest > and shrillest voices. If all you know of the Linux community is what you > read on Slashdot, you could very well get that impression. I used Linux for 2 years before switching to FBSD. I never read slashdot. The quote was meant to be taken humorously. It is just that so many people I know who are Linux users use every chance they get (and then some) to bash the Redmond people. That's all..:) Mvh, Karin -- Karin Lagesen, karin@ii.uib.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message