Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:31:53 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Linh Pham <question+advocacy@closedsrc.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD architecture over Linux? Message-ID: <20030218233153.GA86542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20030216043304.GA59311@q.closedsrc.org> References: <20030215054352.GC35069@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20030216005228.76524.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> <20030216043304.GA59311@q.closedsrc.org>
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 08:33:04PM -0800, Linh Pham wrote: : With Linux, the location of config files, startup files and services : can differ greatly from one distribution to another. Which means that if : you had worked primarily in RedHat at one place then moved somewhere : else that used Debian or SuSE, you'd have to re-learn some of the : differences and nuances. : : With FreeBSD, it's one distribution and there is a standard (or at least : recommendation) of where to place startup scripts (/usr/local/etc/rc.d) : or config files (/etc or /usr/local/etc). Of course, that may not hold : when you move from FreeBSD to OpenBSD or NetBSD... Interesting you should mention that. When I started with Linux, I tried RH and Mandrake. Then, after a few shutdowns that oddly destroyed my filesystem, I found a critical update of the Linux runlevel startup scripts. There was apparently a bug that, if the cdrom was mounted, trashed / on shutdown. Nice, eh? I wondered how in the world *startup* and *shutdown* scripts could be so easily screwed up. I never did find out why, because the Mandrake update system left me uncertain of whether it correctly got the dependencies or not. So, I jettisoned Linux and installed FreeBSD. :-) Thanks for your thoughts, Linh and Haikal Jonathon -- "The spice must flow...." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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