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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:25:17 -0500
From:      Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's
Message-ID:  <200209160225.17660.lists@rhavenn.net>
In-Reply-To: <200209160557.g8G5vqL77543@tierzero.apana.org.au>
References:  <20020911035308.GA90385@peitho.fxp.org> <00f801c25bc7$714238a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <200209160557.g8G5vqL77543@tierzero.apana.org.au>

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> > Even if I had installed it from a CD, it would have been up and runni=
ng
> > in a few minutes.  A windowed desktop environment under UNIX could ta=
ke
> > hours or days to set up.
>
> Total unadulterated crap on both counts.

Yup. Not including a X compile I can have a 4.6.2 box installed, compile=20
MySQL, Apache and PHP and serving pages in about 30 minutes.

Same box, XP takes about 40 minutes to install and get me a login prompt.=
 Both=20
OS's require a good hour more of tweaking and fine tuning to make them=20
"secure" or as good as they're going to get in XP's case.=20

Henrik
--=20

Henrik Hudson
lists@rhavenn.net

Note:  Beware of Dragons - Thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.


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