From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 6 18:01:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA27290 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:01:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from kavemachine.magna.com.au ([203.4.215.219]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA27259 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:01:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kaveman@localhost) by kavemachine.magna.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA01143; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:03:11 +1000 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:03:10 +1000 (EST) From: Julian Jenkins To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > Unix programs installing Linux in this way. Similarly, when configuring > the kernel, it interactively asks questions, which I find extremely > annoying, but it might help novice users a little bit. I think that this is one of the worst features of Linux. It is most irriatating when you have to make one small change or make a mistake and have to go back to the beginning. I have one friend who moved to FreeBSD, and this was one of the reasons he stated for changing. I would list the FreeBSD method of changing kernel configurations as an advantage, it is not difficult after reading a small amount of documentation. Kaveman kaveman@magna.com.au