From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Dec 23 10:15:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82D2D37B401 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:15:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net (scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF82F43EE5 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:15:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lute@cableone.net) Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net ([10.116.0.122]) by scanmail2.cableone.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:14:15 -0700 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122] by scanmail2.cableone.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A276D7CC0100; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:14:14 -0700 Received: from agnes (227-51.siocpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.51]) by mail.cableone.net with SMTP (MailShield v2.04 - WIN32 Jul 17 2001 17:12:42); Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:14:14 -0700 Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:12:02 -0600 From: Lute Mullenix To: myraq@mgm51.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD or Linux? Message-Id: <20021223121202.6d1faf00.lute@cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <200212231226330690.13D9A43E@home.24cl.com> References: <0A0B36F65A314D4AB8D2CF1D1FD835F1014058EA@df-muttley.dogfood> <20021223154405.GC1622@gothmog.gr> <200212231226330690.13D9A43E@home.24cl.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SMTP-HELO: agnes X-SMTP-MAIL-FROM: lute@cableone.net X-SMTP-PEER-INFO: 227-51.siocpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.51] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:26:33 -0500 "MikeM" pondered: > > Isn't it about time this thread were moved to the advocacy list? > You're probably right, but sometimes it erks me when people say something is too hard just because they are too lazy to do the homework, and make off the cuff remarks on things they know little to nothing about. Brings to mind a friend of mine, when I was using OS-9 he wanted to try it so we installed it on his computer. Then he would be over checking out my system and would ask, "How did you do this?" and the answer would always be the same... "It's in the manual." Lute ********************** Dual Boot: * FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE * Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 * ********************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message