From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 19 16:43:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D3016A414 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:43:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr4.networksolutionsemail.com (omr4.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C3313C468 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:43:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr4.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.67]) by omr4.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l3JGhadB013990 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:43:36 -0400 Received: (qmail 7714 invoked by uid 78); 19 Apr 2007 16:43:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.77?) (racerx@makeworld.com@63.85.253.50) by ns-omr4.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 19 Apr 2007 16:43:36 -0000 Message-ID: <46279C32.5070206@makeworld.com> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:43:30 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070403) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Henry Lenzi References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <8b4c81f0704190922u7a21440eybefd3b25e195ec94@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8b4c81f0704190922u7a21440eybefd3b25e195ec94@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 OpenPGP: id=C01BC363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Claude Menski , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:43:37 -0000 Henry Lenzi wrote: > On 4/13/07, Claude Menski wrote: >> Why is freebsd better then ubuntu? >> _______________________________________________ > > I'll give you a real example. I have a licensed mathematics package > called Maple. It expensive. Ubuntu (Debian) just broke the > installation from one upgrade to another. They take pride in not > keeping backwards compatibility. Then, I used FreeBSD with the Red Hat > emulation software, ad I have it running. We'll have to take your word for that on this. > Another example: documentation (with whole books on the system desgin) > and a community more knowledgeable. While I myself agree that FreeBSD documentation is damned good - Ubuntu is pretty damned good also. I can't say either pro nor con for Debian. > Plus, ports. You don have to wait 6 months like in Debian. This may or may not be true - I myself have not used Debian. I have used Ubuntu (6.10 and upgraded to 7.04) and I was happy with the applications I installed/used. One thing to mention - you keep saying Debian. While it's true Ubuntu is Debian-ish (A distro of, a fork - whatever they call it), I think that you may be tainting your overall opinion based on Debian. IIRC - the op specifically stated Ubuntu and NOT Debian. Just ensureing that you don't cloud the already murky waters of this thread. > > Additionally, you can run Linux software under emulation layer. Agreed - and in many cases, even better then on a Linux distro. > BSD license. This goes without saying. > Cheers. > > Henry > -- Best regards, Chris BOFH excuse #345: Having to manually track the satellite.