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Date:      Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:02:00 +0200
From:      Anders Gulden Olstad <andersgo@alge.anart.no>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <45342B88.4020904@alge.anart.no>
In-Reply-To: <af8b40ce0610151526h6aba1785mb77eb2a76e69fdfa@mail.gmail.com>
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William Tracy wrote:
> So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD
> can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back.

I like the separation of the complete OS and third part software in
Ports Collection. I love the ability to upgrade from one major release
to another using source upgrade - without doing a complete reinstall, as
with the Linux distros I've used. I went straight from 5.4-> 6.1 without
any hassle. The EOL schedule for Fedora is almost killing me, and every
new release means a complete reinstall - in practice.

I boot FreeBSD far more often than Linux these days. What I still lack
is getting my Bluetooth and GPRS Cellphone dial-up link running...and
VMWare.

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