From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 11 03:46:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA03032 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:46:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (mail.sni.de [192.109.2.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA03027 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 03:46:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nerv@localhost) by nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA14277 for hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:45:47 +0100 Message-Id: <199603111145.MAA14277@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs To: hm@altona.hamburg.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 12:42:07 MET From: Greg Lehey Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) In-Reply-To: ; from "Hellmuth Michaelis" at Mar 7, 96 7:06 pm X-Mailer: xmail 2.4 (based on ELM 2.2 PL16) Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> From the keyboard of Greg Lehey: > >> The current FreeBSD/Linux comparison is only part of a larger >> question: which operating system should I install on my PC? > > IMHO, the answer is pretty straightforward: Install the OS which solves > your problem _and_ for which you get the best support from someone nearby > with knowledge about it. Not a bad idea. > So it depends on the problem one has and the support which is "locally" > available - not on any features of any operating systems. > > Yes, i know it is oversimplificated, but .... Well, at a top level it's OK, but it's missing the point: *which* is the "OS which solves your problem _and_ for which you get the best support from someone nearby with knowledge about it."? Sure, I wasn't really addressing the second half of the question, but that's a valid point as well. Greg