Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 21:30:55 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CADLo83_rG3gFDqg9qSNGsAM9tqRTF8X=yfmaL0d9RdVovXGJ-A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org>
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On 30 May 2012 19:20, David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending i= t to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. > > I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which a= dvertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd like= to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. =A0If you = had to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you p= ick? =A0Are they the same as when you first started using it? > You might not have wanted opinions from developers... but 1) Complete base system-- if I mess up badly with ports I can delete them all and still have a usable system to recover from 2) Simplicity of configuration-- mostly configured with flat text files rather than directories full of conf files 3) Friendly community; easy to get support from people who really know what they're doing. Chris
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