From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 14 00:25:29 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 2439F16A400 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:25:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83BF913C484 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:25:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost.watson.org [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3E004IC012809; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l3E003ja012806; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fledge.watson.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com X-X-Sender: doug@fledge.watson.org To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86mz1ckqlc.fsf@dwp.des.no> Message-ID: <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org> References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <86mz1ckqlc.fsf@dwp.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-539403167-1176508803=:73976" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (fledge.watson.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:05 -0400 (EDT) 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: doug@fledge.watson.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:25:29 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-539403167-1176508803=:73976 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > "Claude Menski" writes: >> Why is freebsd better then ubuntu? > > I like Ubuntu too. If you want a desktop OS that Just Works and > doesn't require a lot of time to configure and keep up-to-date, it's a > good choice. > > On the server side, however, I find that it is FreeBSD rather than > Linux which Just Works and lets you do excatly what you want without > any fuss. I find that once you get into the little details, Linux is > an appalling mess of disparate components thrown together with no > apparent plan or purpose. It gets even worse when you start looking > into the kernel source... No abstraction, no modularization, and very > little consistency. > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no First my experience with [Free]BSD as a server completely mirrors Dag-Erlin= g's=20 observation, it [mostly] just works. I started with BSDI switching to FreeB= SD=20 around 3.5. I think it is also true that depending on your hardware a FreeB= SD=20 workstation or laptop can be a bit of a challenge. For me, coming from=20 mainframe-land, I learned more about FreeBSD and Unix from having to solve = these=20 problems and/or work around old hardware than I ever would have just=20 administering my server farm. --0-539403167-1176508803=:73976--