From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 02:58:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4227D106564A for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 02:58:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f180.google.com (mail-iw0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057C18FC15 for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 02:58:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn10 with SMTP id 10so4299884iwn.13 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 19:58:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aI95/tCt+L7X0qJe5ZIuhweMyKpv68jXtl7lMFMgwUU=; b=AXXybndMLreGteHjxvvNbZlE8ycrkgXE6hhsUmZpfkoXXdc7s2Z6qdSh8htdXVQq9u TOPY9UHOBYVUtUdKmPdnmoeRfpCHbOl36ic3RnyGjzqscZT0DIGqUWyKBxea23VHXpkP +4x8+dChp3n9p7nIm+Z01fKqeUgU9aeBU1m3I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Jy6Cgy86g4+2fKvp1fl/D65mVz27aT8TZ2pQLYsMq0LxOkEmWHHU82DldcgeCnQ8r7 UJlRSfAa7KItjLbyfAxTA+mRRQSsWG1wnvqBlKCr2BZ6L6yb9tSy5iI/nPRVnxG4YeiR WS2m6/N5b83W0+K9/mObnQO7x2LBwti6SjliI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.168.85 with SMTP id t21mr1381484iby.0.1272941913895; Mon, 03 May 2010 19:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.150.15 with HTTP; Mon, 3 May 2010 19:58:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100503200723.e5d82f85.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1272832020.12040.34.camel@localhost> <4BDED9BE.6080907@radel.com> <20100503200723.e5d82f85.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 20:58:33 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing list Subject: Re: boot Debian on a RouterStation Pro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 02:58:41 -0000 On 5/3/10, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 2010 10:34:21 -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: >> Why on earth would someone put Debian and FreeBSD and "distros" in the >> same breath, must be a joke. >> >> I use Debian _and_ FreeBSD extensively but I have no confusion in tha >> FBSD is not a Linux distro. > > I can assure you it's not - at least not in Germany; here, some > years ago a computer related magazine had an article with the > title "FreeBSD - the professional Linux". :-) > > Similar to "Windows NT 4.0" as a professional Windows. "Windows 2008" vs Vista I read the magazine article title as "to everyone who wants a linux/unix like system, FreeBSD is the professional choice" It's all interpreted to the reader... however typing "Debian" when being sent to a FreeBSD list is completely misdirected, I would have ignored it if it wasn't for the fact that there were so many responses to this thread.