From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Dec 22 12:55:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3EC37B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:55:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow057o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34F3943EDE for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:55:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([62.31.198.203]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:55:34 +0000 From: John Murphy To: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD or Linux? Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:55:34 +0000 Organization: poor Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Message-ID: <5h7c0vc0qmfb064etc9fiur79jjooc5iqf@4ax.com> References: <1040586636.43821.26.camel@work1.ziso.net> In-Reply-To: <1040586636.43821.26.camel@work1.ziso.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wouter Houweling wrote: >So, 2 months later, i have reinstalled my system with FreeBSD 4.7. Back >too goold-old-BSD :) I love the fact that i know where my config's are, >that they are stored in one place, that only whats really needed is >running in the background, etc etc Yup. I've never tried a Linux variant myself; sometimes tempted but... I've just 'looked at' a friends win2k PC which was _very_ unstable. Trying to get some low level access to it was a nightmare, as is trying = to explain to someone how to do any kind of configuration to a Microsoft OS via email "Left click Start..." After trying edit whatever.log view etc. help listed more as the only = editor! And it wasn't the more familiar BSD more. I hope to never have to go = there again. >One question keeps bugging me though: why is gnulinux so much more >popular then FreeBSD atm? Is the fact that Linux is 'hot' the reason >they are (in my opinion) going in the wrong direction? It's ok, seems to me the BSDs are quietly superior in many ways: not = least the license. >Just wanted too share this with you guys :) Appreciated. --=20 John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message