From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 08:54:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C28F91065678 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:54:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8975B8FC22 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:54:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1636778rvf.43 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:54:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=9qcmIT+PYeSGv9jENWnEkY+IaOxbwf2gaRXeaHDoVBo=; b=FxCRjvMWzkmC5yFU7I2bDCeFKgZbw2q95Grvgphwqucno6zGTSIpaGkSJQWC5Kr1z6 Qvm98e3HFuYh9LuGD3QcdACl5cbzoCZz4cut7+C/FOhQt3oNMCHd+mi1pzC3lK+2/4WE IB09ZvCBWsPoC4HdA7c/MWJIUb7woDBx3oW6Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=CH953x+u6PMwsdQWw9lMpdvKENW/gTiJIONJQTUCJWyC+avFhcUvOtUbaH+qZL5nEO AjWnb/6S3kLPdTYmA2/6C7JDX+waQZ7SumquZ2Au6MYWxvplonRurbWByUhhRhsEJORI yKrim0NPdwjCiTNNZfXjt7W2ds3o9cBLtqoTo= Received: by 10.141.53.20 with SMTP id f20mr4176204rvk.192.1227947460716; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:31:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.142.3 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:31:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3c1674c90811290031p932f3ddx9ba2d947c8e5fc26@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:31:00 +0000 From: "Kip Macy" Sender: mat.macy@gmail.com To: "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" In-Reply-To: <4930DD20.1020509@math.missouri.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <4930D7CE.4080909@psg.com> <4930DD20.1020509@math.missouri.edu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3a3fedfe6af75059 Cc: Randy Bush , "Conrad J. Sabatier" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i give up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:54:35 -0000 On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Randy Bush wrote: >> >> what a tragic story. and zero technical info, like even what your >> controller is. best of luck in penguin land. bye! > > I have had experiences where modern hardware is such that Linux will work, > and FreeBSD won't. So I find myself forced to use Linux. But I find the > experience so frustrating, that as soon as FreeBSD catches up to that > hardware - and this always seems to happen - I immediately go back to > FreeBSD. Twice I've had the opposite experience, once with a server and once with my shuttle desktop. I bought them to do Linux work but none of the half dozen linux distros I tried supported the SATA controller. However ... FreeBSD installed just fine. Your mileage will vary. Cheers, Kip