From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 11:42:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F9116A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:42:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx2.sohotech.ca (mx1.sohotech.ca [64.26.169.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B20043D2F for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:42:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.sohotech.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7602280CD for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:42:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.sohotech.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.sohotech.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11381-10 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:42:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (chomsky.sohotech.ca [192.168.1.6]) by mx2.sohotech.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6351D1B9D for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:42:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41E7B00C.8020800@grokking.org> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:42:04 -0500 From: Ed Budd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041223) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050113175750.85317.qmail@web61307.mail.yahoo.com> <41E73ACC.1080607@taborandtashell.net> <41E7A940.2090407@wanadoo.es> In-Reply-To: <41E7A940.2090407@wanadoo.es> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sohotech.ca Subject: Re: Thank you! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:42:09 -0000 Ramiro Aceves wrote: > Hello FreeBSD Friends. > > I have just arrived to the FreeBSD world. I am not an expert on > anything, I am only a computer fan and use my computer mainly for my > engineering work and hobbies (amateur radio, photography, astronomy, > etc.). I come from a happy Debian GNU/Linux experience. I paid > attention on FreeBSD when reading a Linux magazine and installed it two > months ago. I really do not have any important reasons to change, but I > admit that I am impressed and I like FreeBSD very much, and my interest > on it is incresing everyday. I like its centralized development and > its separation between the OS and the ports. Perhaps one day I will do > the change, but I first must feel safe and confortable with the FreeBSD, > the same that when I changed from WinDog to Linux. > > I do not like linux-FreeBSD wars. I hate them. Both are good operating > systems with their pros and cons. Many of you tell that Linux is a > desktop OS, and that it is a chaothic OS. I do not agree with that, and > If you argue that, you do not know Linux well. When I speak about Linux, > I mean Debian or Gentoo. I do not think that they are chaothic or > intended for desktop. Debian put all the pieces together in one OS that > is in order and works nicely. Gentoo portage philosophy is similiar to > FreeBSD ports. > > People on the FreeBSD and Debian GNU/Linux mailing lists are very kind > and help you in any case, if you ask questions politely and you have > searched and read tha manuals first. > So, why do we start always the war? The real war should be against the > Bill Gates OSes, instead of fighting among us. I have never heard a bad > word about FreeBSD on the Linux lists. Indeed, I think that most of > Linux people do not even know thet FreeBSD exists, some of them think > that it is another Linux distribution. On the oposite side, I have heard > several people hating Linux on this list, even comparing it with > WinDogs :-( > > > I hate the following wars: > > BSD license vs GPL license > Linux vs xBSD > GNOME vs KDE > bash vs tcsh > text apps vs X apps > CUPS vs lpr > > I think we should cooperate instead of fighting. Indeed, BSD code is on > Linux OSes, and GNU software is on FreeBSD ports...... etc... > > Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english. > > Just my 2 euro cents. > FWIW I share your sentiments. FreeBSD absolutely rocks IMO, but so does OpenBSD and Gentoo. I use all three in areas I've felt play to their particular strengths and personalities. Having been on this list for many months now, I have also observed that there are plenty of other multi-platform folks hanging out here. I think the anti-Linux crowd is in the minority (though occasionally quite vocal). Most of us have enough "love" to share across multiple operating systems. Er...except Windows...that just sucks :) EB