From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 19 17:42:58 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 D271216A408 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:42:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry.lenzi@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDB113C46C for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:42:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry.lenzi@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so532372pyh for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:42:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bT7Q6LSjT/9DKBsk7RJB6tL8Dk8ea3XvdopilfjtDMgEFTEf5aXRisO1aE9OK9xcZbDQETXvjbz1/suhjjIh/kniOUt3Z7pXwpg2Vv7xBZ8hbVHHHBmlVI59j8aQpqFjlZHvnIIDul/y4Fh6dlKdNjZDIyG6xCXigUYGzy5DQU4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=g+xc8tPo7JQUUccK6B1lOmQPnT8azUcDPcOFz3pM+FbxDyznobgvX4nT9V1Q7ts6Ghfk2w8JezjYxnHO+MG9CnXVJMG7B5aE1cpnWCouaejd9juO0Wjda7F7X1fFY+VvfwgHvVLtJTQSgKeQ/ftApE53MDiC3jIenbighj4vYpo= Received: by 10.65.212.19 with SMTP id o19mr4180845qbq.1177004578005; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.204.7 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8b4c81f0704191042h4d7679dfnc3a696a64a69957@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:42:57 -0300 From: "Henry Lenzi" To: racerx@makeworld.com In-Reply-To: <46279C32.5070206@makeworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <8b4c81f0704190922u7a21440eybefd3b25e195ec94@mail.gmail.com> <46279C32.5070206@makeworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu 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, 19 Apr 2007 17:42:58 -0000 > > 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. > Yes. Well, you try that: buy expensive software and go use Ubuntu. Then, check if works between some release cycle. I will offer a piece of advice: Linux is so prone to mutation and so proud in their disregard for any sane ABI policy, that I recommend for those that wish to use commercial software on Linux that they choose Red Hat, because that is what all the vendors support, mostly. Henry