From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 00:06:49 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 7B93616A47E for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F8243D4C for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:06:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id k9H06mrl007120 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:06:48 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id k9H06mU1031046 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:06:48 -0700 Message-ID: <45341E87.4080300@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:06:31 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <80f4f2b20610151556l18c5adcci4196ab107b6b9907@mail.gmail.com> <4533C553.3040609@schrodinger.com> <80f4f2b20610161441h304ccfc4haa6a20f72a08e018@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20610161441h304ccfc4haa6a20f72a08e018@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.266434, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.10.16.163442 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:06:49 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote: >> I have a few FreeBSD machine from 4.x to 5.x. I have asked people how to >> upgrade them to latest version 6.x cleanly. All I was told is that I >> need to wipe them out and reinstall. However, this is not the case with >> Gentoo Linux. With Gentoo, version release does not matter that much, >> you can always keep your system up to date if you like. Of cause, you >> can also choose staying at a certain version. > > I'm gonna join the "whoever said this was on crack" club. Going > between major versions can be a challange due to mergebastard and the > various config file change, but Gentoo's setup is really no different > in that respect. > > However, when you want to compile the Kernel, the FreeBSD system is > much mroe useful than that of Gentoo. I failed my first kernel build > on FreeBSD (custom kernel config) before it booted properly, and have > since done several more without issue. > > With Gentoo, after about half a dozen attempts at optimizing my kernel > for my notebook, I gave up and used Genkernel, which was not as > efficient, but at least worked. No offense to those who swear by it (and I know this is a bit off-topic), but genkernel is shit. It's kernel compiling for people who are afraid of forgetting make commands.. -Garrett > >> Linux supports more devices than FreeBSD, especially new devices. > > Spend an extra 5 minutes researching your hardware before buying, more > often than not, this'll save you the issues. True.