From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Oct 19 15:55:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA07008 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 15:55:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA07003 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 15:55:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-182.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.182]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id RAA20295 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:55:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA11285 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:55:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710192255.RAA11285@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "chat@FreeBSD.ORG" From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p In-reply-to: Message from Amancio of "Sun, 19 Oct 1997 11:53:27 PDT." <199710191853.LAA01282@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:55:36 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Not sure if linux has a network install package however I couldn't > find it. Have you uncovered a *LINUX* limitation or a *Slackware* limitation? Since when did the Linux kernel dictate installation technique? When itemizing the great things about FreeBSD and the shortcomings of Linux and its many distributions, we need to keep the facts strictly honest else we demonstrate we don't really know what we're saying about Linux. Then we can list "honesty" as a positive feature of FreeBSD users. :-) But seriously, when I was trying to do something useful with Linux I subscribed to most every Linux mail list I could find. For a while at least. The noise-to-signal ratios were sky high. Almost never got a reply to any honest question. And most every post seemed to go out of its way to slam Microsoft somehow. I don't particularly like Microsoft, but then again I don't particularly like the color of my neighbor's new roof either. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.