From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Sep 19 20:14:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FD814BC6 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:14:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13433; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:39:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle.apana.org.au(203.3.126.130), claiming to be "oracle" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdt13431; Mon Sep 20 13:39:10 1999 Message-ID: <01aa01bf0369$3caa33e0$827e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "Allix Primus" Cc: References: <000801bf0315$79f10b60$5435fea9@user> Subject: Re: Linux Distribution or not ? Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:08:29 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unlike my experience with a number of the linuxes, FreeBSD doesn't seem = to crash .... (mine has been permanently online for best part of a month since I got it = installed), the docs are at least partly intelligible, the contributors to the mailing lists are mostly sensible = openminded folk who realize there is a "real world" out there with all sorts of different operating = systems in use for various reasons, the=20 mailing list contributors aren't all fanatics (BSD users aren't required = to face California several times a day & recite "Our Linus ......") thats enough to keep me from messing = with "trendy" operating systems=20 like redhat=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Allix Primus=20 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:08 AM Subject: Linux Distribution or not ? Just wondering whats the difference between freebsd and linux = distributions, it uses the same things and even uses X , isn't it a = distribution of linux ? what seperates it from that ? ------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Unlike my experience with a number of = the linuxes,=20 FreeBSD doesn't seem to crash .... (mine has
been permanently online for best part = of a month=20 since I got it installed), the docs = are at least=20 partly
intelligible, the contributors to the = mailing lists=20 are mostly sensible openminded folk who realize there
is a "real world" out there with all = sorts of=20 different operating systems in use for various reasons, the =
mailing list contributors aren't all = fanatics (BSD=20 users aren't required to face California several times a
day & recite "Our Linus ......") = thats enough=20 to keep me from messing with "trendy" = operating systems
like redhat
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Allix = Primus=20
To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG =
Sent: Monday, September 20, = 1999 3:08=20 AM
Subject: Linux Distribution or = not=20 ?

Just wondering whats the difference between = freebsd and=20 linux distributions, it uses the same things and even uses X , isn't = it a=20 distribution of linux ? what seperates it from that=20 ?
------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message