From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 28 9: 6:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from death.arcdiv.com (death.arcdiv.com [64.94.4.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834F237B401 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:06:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin@ticktockman.com) Received: from ticktockman.com (c207-202-216-52.sea1.cablespeed.com [207.202.216.52]) by death.arcdiv.com (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f7SG65o112143; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:06:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B8BC18F.44BFFB97@ticktockman.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:06:39 -0700 From: kevin godfrey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Raynes Cc: "Joel M. Fulton" , freebsd newbies Subject: Distribution Question (Was: Would like comments...) References: <03d201c12fcc$ce04a7d0$0801a8c0@corp.trigeo.com> <3B8BC040.8D50C36E@dnr.state.ak.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Why is Java support on the BSDs so behind. I'm just curious as to why I have to load up a Linux package to use some of the newer features within the language. If this were more up to date, I would not have to dual boot my machine! Any info is appreciated! Thanks Kevin > I decided on Freebsd based on the best hardware support of the bsd's. > Things like parallel zip drive support are useful to me. Openbsd was > one of the nicest, cleanest installs, once you figure out how to use the > OS, but freebsd has these little extras that are useful to me. > > I've installed Debian, but haven't used it extensively. I liked it for > a linux, and apt has a good reputation as a package system. BSD ports > system is very nice though. My favorite Linux is Slackware. But I've > become biased toward BSD-style init systems. For a home computer, > especially a workstation, leaving out all the complexity of the Sys-V > runlevels is nice. I'm not as rabidly against Sys-V init as some in the > BSD camps, but I generally prefer the BSD one. > > Other than that, I like the Debian distribution's conservative > approach. That's not as good if you like living on the "cutting edge", > though. > > That reminds me of one other thing I appreciate about FreeBSD. The > different stable branches that are maintained. You mentioned stability > as important - well, I think that FreeBSD has one of the best systems > for easily maintaining a stable, but up-to-date platform in the free-OS > world right now. > > my two cents, > > Brian Raynes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message