Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 02:01:22 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Linus said about FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002080148330.38853-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000207163850.00cf03c0@localhost>
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I think the BSD community is small and closed, but friendly and welcoming. However, i must say I have noticed that BSD users tend to be far more traditional and less interested in change. I just had someone send me a private email about FreeBSD vs OpenBSD, and how FreeBSD was changing far too fast and radically, and how much of a mistake BSD's development model was. I also found out this gentleman never ran X, never *wants* to, thinks X is for beginners, thinks BSD is only for fileserving, and measures programs in CPU cycles and keystrokes. I realize BSD, unlike Linux, does not treat users like idiots nor does it try to find the lowest common denominator. But that allows power users to have more control over their installation and OS. functions. Also, i haven't seen any installation programs since 3.2, so i don't know if they have become more user friendly. But i think overall that is one lesson we can learn. If anything good came out of the Windows monopoly it was this: computers CAN be used by the average person, and then they can grow in knowledge over time. BSD requires more basic skills than Linux to get started, and that isn't so bad. But BSD cannot go on calling itself the 'Power to Serve' OS. That's not what a lot of people want. That's not what Linux users want. They want a solid OS that encourages productivity. -=> jm <=- "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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