From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 27 13:25:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA15747 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:25:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA15716 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:25:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA26778; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:55:11 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id HAA06664; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:55:11 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980328075511.52357@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:55:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: dg@root.com, gsutter@pobox.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS Comparisons. References: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 12:54:52PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 12:54:52 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Andreas Braukmann wrote: >> >>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:20:15AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: >>>>> http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/ >>> >>> hhmm. I found the characterization for linux-users quite interesting: >>> "He needed the stability and power of Unix but didn't >>> know enough about Unix to configure FreeBSD. " >> >> Especially since I found FreeBSD much easier to properly configure than >> my Linux system. 'Course, I was running Slackware Linux with a 1.1.56? >> kernel. :) >> >> I found myself in the Linux camp on the survey above, though. I changed >> my answers three times and still was characterized as a Linux user. I'm >> going to wipe my HDD now and install Red Hat. > > Funny, I didn't answer any of the questions and was put into the Linux > camp. I'm sure there's an obvious conclusion there :-) > It's annoying yet interesting that it skips over OS/2 and FreeBSD > when it decides you're a Linux candidate. I wonder if it always > decides "linux" is best for you, no matter how you answer the > questions? :-) My question in reverse. Coming from you, though, these are grounds for concern. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message