From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Feb 15 20:33:14 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40F7237B401 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7585743FA3 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:33:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from question+advocacy@closedsrc.org) Received: by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 17A365380; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:33:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:33:04 -0800 From: Linh Pham To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: Jonathon McKitrick Subject: Re: BSD architecture over Linux? Message-ID: <20030216043304.GA59311@q.closedsrc.org> References: <20030215054352.GC35069@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20030216005228.76524.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030216005228.76524.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: closedsrc.org Mail-Copies-To: poster X-PGP-Key: http://olosecsrc.org/~question/pubkey.asc" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whoops... forgot to reply back to the list :) On 2003-02-15 16:52 -0800, Haikal Saadh wrote: # >From personal experience, # o We just got CardBus while linux has had cardbus support for a # while. # o Debian's packaging system has optional dependencies, whilst the # closest this freebsd has is using WITH_SOMETHING or WITHOUT_SOMETHING # in while make'ing. (Either that or hack makefile :D ) # o Linux kernel compile/install process is still a Royal PITA. FreeBSD # is as easy as a make buildkernel and a make installkernel. #=20 # o We have background fsck. I didn't think this was that important, # but when I actually saw it in action, I was impressed. One thing that I wanted to add... dunno how relevent it is... but: With Linux, the location of config files, startup files and services can differ greatly from one distribution to another. Which means that if you had worked primarily in RedHat at one place then moved somewhere else that used Debian or SuSE, you'd have to re-learn some of the differences and nuances. With FreeBSD, it's one distribution and there is a standard (or at least recommendation) of where to place startup scripts (/usr/local/etc/rc.d) or config files (/etc or /usr/local/etc). Of course, that may not hold when you move from FreeBSD to OpenBSD or NetBSD... --=20 Linh Pham question+advocacy@closedsrc.org Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek http://closedsrc.org Apprentice Manager Editor and Writer http://www.daemonnews.org Courage: The things I do for love | And So Western Civilization Crumbles --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+TxR/whofDeWkDMIRAvNBAKCxB2JP6fRb620ibk1qntOR9xhdtACgq9xs /308Iu87yoCIJBr2lHqhiL8= =+h3p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message