From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 16 21:23:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1A4F16A47E for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:23:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D8043D46 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:22:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7190A8A5C7E for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:22:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2F3323E8A for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:22:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9GLLQVJ028723 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:21:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k9GLLQFF005745 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:21:26 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:21:26 -0500 From: Damian Wiest To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061016212126.GA1312@dfwdamian.vail> References: <80f4f2b20610151556l18c5adcci4196ab107b6b9907@mail.gmail.com> <4533C553.3040609@schrodinger.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20061016140214.01938450@totaldiver.net> <4533D22B.2000405@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:23:05 -0000 On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:38:59PM -0700, William Tracy wrote: > Well, thanks for all the replies. I didn't mean to rub anybody the > wrong way, and if I did, I'm sorry. :-P > > Up until now, I've basically been running FreeBSD more or less like > just another Linux distro, and was beginning to wonder if I was really > missing out on something by doing that. That, and I thought I'd give > the fanboys a chance to praise their pet OS. :-) > > Overall, it sounds like I was on the right track, though. FreeBSD has > its pros and cons, but it's fundamentally just another Unix-like > system. Which is a good thing! ;-) It's not "just another Unix-like system", it _is_ a Unix system. > For the record, I really, really, like Debian (and now Ubuntu). I > understand that there are packages that allow the Debian packaging > system to run on top of the FreeBSD kernel, and I'll definitely have > try that out sometime. > > Anyway, FreeBSD is great, and I'll keep playing with it. :-) > > William -Damian