Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:53:10 -0500 From: "Robert Atkinson" <phreaki@gmail.com> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i give up Message-ID: <6fb2b4650812031953y14ddfeb4ycb4f5ae2bddffd49@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081203151537.GA1045@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <4930D7CE.4080909@psg.com> <20081202220643.72eb52a3@serene.no-ip.org> <20081203151537.GA1045@phenom.cordula.ws>
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I second this idea since with my nearly a decade of FreeBSD administration under the belt, it is a waste of my time to throw it away. It is much cheaper for me to swap a card or even task a different machine for hardware that just isn't meant to be in FBSD. I'll use the penguin where I have too, I am forced to use it due to the VPS solution I chose. The price was right and it does what I wish it to do, but I would never, ever give up on the box under my desk and turn my back on this otherwise outstanding operating system. I have however, had many users who I show Linux give up because everything they own in the house is not supported. They always say "isn't linux supposed to be great?" and I can only say that they should learn to write device drivers and only buy hardware that has well known support. Thanks, Robert On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:06:43PM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> Best wishes to the FreeBSD community. No hard feelings, and I will >> still continue to checkout the latest sources from time to time just on >> the outside chance that a solution will eventually be found. >> >> Sincerest regards from a long-time FreeBSD user now in exile. :-( > > Changing the OS just because one specific piece of swappable and > replaceable hardware isn't supported... isn't that overreacting a > little bit? Can't you circumvent your specific problem by adding a > supported adapter to your system(s)... at least until the issue is > fixed? As sysadmins, we do this all the time, wether with Linux or > FreeBSD. > > I feel your pain, but maybe you've built up quite a bit of frustration > over this specific issue and need a little hiatus. > > I hope you'll come back soon. > >> Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> > > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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