From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 22 22:16:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EEDA37B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:16:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boyes.its.utas.edu.au (boyes.its.utas.edu.au [144.6.1.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E9C43E42 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:16:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nweeks@utas.edu.au) Received: from twister.aims.private (advanc36.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.130.22]) by boyes.its.utas.edu.au (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA14017 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:16:41 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:16:41 +1100 From: Nigel Weeks To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Linux and FreeBSD compared Message-Id: <20021023161641.0d09d0bc.nweeks@utas.edu.au> Organization: University of Tasmania X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I recently heard a comparison between Linux and FreeBSD that I found amusing. It goes something like this: How would you describe the differences between Linux and FreeBSD? Ok. You've won a car. Completely free - no cost involved. Two Choices: Daiwoo SunSport twin-turbo, quad-cam, fuel-injected, 500cc engine with triple extractors, triple harmonic balancers, 7 air bags, 43 speaker sound system, full-time 5-wheel drive, (each wheel tuned for different road surfaces and conditions), three distinct SatNav systems that argue about where you should go, and an air conditioning system that implements breezes as concealed draughts (but reported by the climate control as a posix-compliant breeze), or Ferrari Testarossa with a rope handle on the inside that you pull to get out I'm not sure how much of it's accurate, but I found it funny. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message