From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 08:12:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B957B106564A for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc@user-mode.org) Received: from h1841551.stratoserver.net (nemesis.user-mode.org [81.169.165.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516FC8FC08 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from user-mode.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h1841551.stratoserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F4B122CD1C0 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:12:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:12:53 +0200 From: Christian Barthel To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110718081253.GA11797@user-mode.org> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> X-PGP-Key: "http://bc.user-mode.org/barthelc.asc" X-OS: GNU/Linux User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore 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: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:12:57 -0000 I moved from Linux (Debian GNU/Linux) to (Free|Open)BSD a few weeks ago and I am really impressed by the *BSDs. They are working very well (the "Just works" feeling I missed a long time), the port and package-system is very nice and handy, it's stable and you have a really powerful (superior) community (mailinglists, forums, ...) Linux orientates more on Windows and Mac rather than POSIX, Unix and BSDs. Unity and Gnome3 do the same way: They want to be better than Apple/Windows and gain market share - the "Linux as desktop"-rubbish. But this is not the way I want to work and I really **hate** this movement. I don't need eye candy - I need something to get my work done! So - for people who want to work (and not to play) with an operating system - the BSDs are a good place to start. And as server operating system, BSDs will never die because they are stable, secure and functional! On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 07:10:59AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > While I usually consider Slashdot nothing more than a bunch of > juveniles ranting against Microsoft; however, I did find this rather > interesting post this morning. > > "Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore" > > > > Interestingly enough, a great deal of it is true. It might be > interesting to know how others feel about it. Obviously, asking that > question on this forum is like playing against a stacked deck; however, > it still might prove interesting. > > -- > Jerry ✌ > jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. > Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Christian Barthel (Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc ) Mail: bc@user-mode.org Web: http://bc.user-mode.org Server: nemesis.user-mode.org Status: 09:25:41 up 11 days, 1:54, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00