From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 08:46:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0393F106564A for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:46:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C1888FC08 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:46:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so415668fxm.3 for ; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:46:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jnpVB4ZpH4K2x2FXZr6D0bD4HR2J55tVc2aRvsERAns=; b=os7xQqtCaXcwPMc3cB8/4eVv9jJksAmD7TeBuJoC54aYhmOKI5SELZVGzPWLIOUlOe 2CJ/GxJxjPUyXUt03vCqINRdx2WEeQtkdoePqNR2vb8mQfux6Z45yjYn6m03bE9rprHA BNVfbyuYsfjGPaMQmge/64V902s9fCFropvR0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=naFYhblM467wg/ibHWMjmFStPEWPzY/Yj4PmoU9WcCUuAnFKfQId65KKV8v3yRdbjv eK1M2/3pM3Dmo3du59oi5XUrHFTsE8NZS2YovnJejip42oHBw0tNRtyIaWIDPQR9Ki7w CoIgmKBYavrvVsXlfM/OQCqnHzQOkJxBA+208= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.157.10 with SMTP id o10mr411563hbc.84.1267431606134; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:20:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:19:46 +0200 Message-ID: To: Jamie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:46:42 -0000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Usually, they say "linux is good for servers, windows is go= od for > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0desktop" we need this changed to "linux is good for deskto= p, freebsd > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0is good for servers". freeBSD runs very well on my desktop ;) > > o gtar/tar/star/btar/blah > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0In BSD (DragonflyBSD,FreeBSD,OpenBSD) there is a real atti= tude > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0problem, the idea seems to be "GNU sucks and you should us= e BSD > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0alternatives". I like the GNU, I don't like having to have= 18 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0versions of "make" around (gmake, make, bmake, smake...) o= r 20 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0variants of "tar". Most people don't know or care about su= ch things. I agree. I find it annoying when a program depends on gtar or gmake. Why can't people just use portable options? > I like both platforms. Agreeds > Tell people how great freebsd is, not how crappy linux is. Remind them > that we're all "unix-like", so you're not loosing anything by selecting > freebsd for server stuff, you can still use linux as a workstation. And you could still use freeBSD a desktop or Linux as a server.