From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 04:24:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCF2106564A for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 04:24:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8B98FC0C for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 04:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadv36 with SMTP id v36so759105dad.13 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=ztjguiy22pblcnfC3A3dNHh/LIcjxVjaDnip8hIoS7c=; b=AL+JKV0lI/RJhrHDbEVP2P7PbiDPTnxqOerWxbYSzo15QaI7Kn0ctkbIR3nlTtFlow 15T4zLY6eyAkQBljNbe182m4+FRDPZwL+yvA9JIAEWzSmnCv5nP/qCKxPzlFqkZtbrfN h6nVoIgJDfawVjkKgo43U4FJTEgKTDkVlDVIcxgC049slvRcqq9WHreNKDKaI5cc7A11 H79Yg9/EDDmLM88dtLeXtaqfcRRcpXhgC3QWZgfDhxBxUTrQYXDyfcR/1IwDIzZum4F7 86uKk+hf7yabwHoo5F+17o1cGeBKvLE5QVxKwomortczLgDTn+iBENjcIFhAb0EmQpzb mN0g== Received: by 10.68.134.1 with SMTP id pg1mr2669579pbb.1.1338438254171; Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.5.6] (dsl093-034-235.snd1.dsl.speakeasy.net. [66.93.34.235]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id tj4sm2787683pbc.33.2012.05.30.21.24.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FC6F270.7000206@brianwhalen.net> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:16 -0700 From: Brian User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQls1GzHbpZ0jGwsUpKefYeYkQJZjMGQETJfkBrn4HDxha8VstqGAzxCxlS9/upeZ0fty0iU Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 04:24:14 -0000 On 5/30/2012 1:26 PM, Oliver Pinter wrote: > On 5/30/12, David Chisnall wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending it >> 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 >> advertises 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. If you had >> to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you pick? >> Are they the same as when you first started using it? > Hi! > > Likes (sorry, not only 3 item): > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1) FreeBSD is NOT Linux = FreeBSD is stable, reliable, simple (there > are no automated brainfucks... like udev, hal and dbus in base system) > 2) has a clean source, and FreeBSD is maintainable: if there are a > working driver in N+2 version, I have a much bigger chance, that > working in N too > 3) is highly configurable (~ 1) ), I like rc.conf and sysctl (linux's > procfs and sysfs is a chaos ...) > 4) FreeBSD has a ports system, that contained KDE3 > 5) well documented > 6) not fragmented as Linux, (relation to many distro, that not have idea/goal) > 7) not GPL > 8) FreeBSD is a complete system, and not just a kernel + random thing > from everywhere, and not hackish > > Are they the same as when you first started using it? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > yes Seconding David above, #7 is a big deal. I heard John "Maddog" Hall speak in person a few years back in San Diego re GPL3 and just walked out of there thinking scratching my head. Brian