From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 15:58:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3AB16A4CF for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:58:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from cmsrelay02.mx.net (cmsrelay02.mx.net [165.212.11.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C77543D6B for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:58:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noackjr@compgeek.com) Received: from uadvg130.cms.usa.net (165.212.11.130) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 16 Jan 2004 23:58:09 -0000 Received: from optimator.noacks.org [65.69.2.105] by uadvg130.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/noackjr@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.11E) with ESMTP id 386iaPX7g0164M30; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:58:06 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 65.69.2.105 AUTH noackjr@usa.net optimator.noacks.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0238060F2; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:58:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06393-01-2; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:57:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from compgeek.com (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F82260F0; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:57:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <40087AF9.6070509@compgeek.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:59:53 -0600 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20040105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott W References: <40077378.5010001@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <40077378.5010001@mindcore.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: fullermd@over-yonder.net Subject: Re: Good BSD/Linux Article (somewhat off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@compgeek.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:58:35 -0000 On 1/15/2004 11:15 PM, Scott W wrote: > Hey all, just wanted to share a link to an interesting article > comparing/contrasting *BSD (primarily FreeBSD) and Linux, at > http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php > > No affiliation, came across it on one of the bsd news sites...as a long > time Linux user/admin/developer(pre-1.0 kernel), but dealing with > Solaris and other *nixes pre-Linux, it's interesting to see someone else > put to words some comments along the line of some of my 'close, but not > quite completely thought out' thoughts, when I've tried to explain to > co-workers and friends some of the reasons I've come to be less than > thrilled with RedHat, yet really like Gentoo and FreeBSD. > > Anyways, happy reading... > > Scott You can blame me for the Slashdot post -- I first was exposed to FreeBSD through Slashdot, so I guess I couldn't help posting it in my desire to bring others into the fold. Matt, let me know if this was unwanted/damaging -- I can help pay for bandwidth as penance if needed... Jon Noack