From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 16 07:55:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA03498 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from zeus.xtalwind.net (serial.xtalwind.net [205.160.242.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA03493 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:55:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jack@diamond.xtalwind.net) Received: from localhost (zeus.xtalwind.net [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.xtalwind.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA08504 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:55:10 -0400 (EDT) From: jack X-Sender: jack@zeus.xtalwind.net To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web page In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Atipa wrote: > (snip, snip, ...) > > > Because FreeBSD is easier than Linux to install on a non-Internet > > computer, > > (snip, snip, ...) > > Come on, guys. I hate seeing the "good guys" stoop to the level of the > competition. Tim's statement is very opinionated, with about as much > substantiation as Linux's 6 million users. > > We need to stay away from arbitrary, opinionated comments like the above. > I personally feel Linux's installation is easier than FreeBSD's, > especially Red Hat Linux. Slackware is not bad either. Guess it's all a matter of opinion. I found Slackware a total PITA to install. Mainly because it couldn't be installed over the net and that you couldn't just start it and walk away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------