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Date:      Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:42:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        jgrosch@ispchannel.com
Cc:        "Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson" <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lizard...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907012142030.7292-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990701202919.A22943@gdead.adm.ispchannel.net>

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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Josef Grosch wrote:

> I have done installs on FreeBSD, Redhat, HP/UX, and Solaris and I have to
> say that Redhat is very confusing. FreeBSD does have it's warts but it is
> better than Redhat. HP/UX and Solaris also have their problems, just ask
> Nicole Harrington how she liked installing Solaris on an X86 box, but they
> are better than FreeBSD but not by as much as you would think. HP/UX
> install looks a lot like FreeBSD but not as limited as FreeBSD. The ability
> to have more than 2 buttons on the screen and too be able to backup is a
> major blessing.

Uh, the Solaris packaging crap *is* a wart.  It won't even work on a
tarball..  The FreeBSD makefile mess could be extended to be about as
"flexible" as the Solaris gunk.

- alex



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