From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Mar 21 02:03:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20286 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 02:03:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from muddy.mojo.org (anton@muddy.mojo.org [194.159.247.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA20278 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 02:03:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anton@muddy.mojo.org) Received: (from anton@localhost) by muddy.mojo.org (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA07182 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:03:14 GMT Message-ID: <19980321100223.07753@mojo.org> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:02:23 +0000 From: Anton Angelo To: ABAMF ICI Subject: Re: while the linux/freebsd debates are up... References: <3d01889f.351334df@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <3d01889f.351334df@aol.com>; from ABAMF ICI on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 10:32:45PM -0500 x-url: http://www.clues.com/~anton x-erox: doughnuts Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ABAMF ICI (ABAMFICI@aol.com) said: > In a message dated 98-03-20 21:38:46 EST, you write: > > > unsubscribe freebsd-newbies > > was my post _that_ bad? Hehehe, I don't think so.... On your original topic I think my experiences about which one is more "stable" between slackware and freebsd is contrary to most others, which I am not unpleased about. When I installed Linux for the first time I was shit scared. I had one of the developers for it as my only source of help, and though he is a kernal hacker extrodinaire, he was very poor at explaining stuff. (he was also emacsen, but thats another religious war for another day :) It was complicated and unwieldy, but I had time and patience, and I plugged away modifying Makefiles and generally spodding my time away. Theseadays I can't be arsed to install software like that, or maintain upgrades constantly, so FreeBSD with its ports and packages collections is a complete boon. I haven't got as far as automatically "keeping current", but thats the next step. Its a dream for someone like me who relies on his machines to keep in contact with the rest of the world, wants to plough something back into the net-community (I host a few mailing lists), and wants the nice toys with no fuss. Ever installed X on a linux box from scratch? Done it with FreeBSD? I know which way left my brain unhurt. I suppose what I'm saying is I am no developer, hardly an administrator, I'm a reasonably clueful user and FreeBSD is perfect for me. Cheers, aa -- Deal (n.) The gummy substance found between damp toes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message