From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 16:33:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B208F16A421 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 16:33:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9444813C483 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 16:33:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66D3B1A000B25 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:08:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RiYmQqy4-a9u for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (webmail.sd73.bc.ca [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A70A51A000B21 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 66.183.237.91 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46529.66.183.237.91.1180627694.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:08:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" To: advocacy@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Article about FreeBSD and GNU/Linux (not vs.). X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:33:21 -0000 On Thu, May 31, 2007 1:15 am, TooMany Secrets wrote: > In OSnews there is a new article about similarities and diferences > between a FreeBSD system, and GNU/Linux. The article (I think) is newbie > oriented, and isn't very deep (if you understand me), but the good one is > it isn't a "bsd vs. linux" article. I only found one inaccuracy; "for > example the most recent release is 6.1.", but in general is a good > entrance for people interested in FreeBSD. > > The article: > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/comparing_linux_and_freebsd? > page=0%2C0 This "article" is very poorly written, and even more poorly researched. It is full of inaccuracies, and not worth reading. Read the through the comments on OSNews to see all things wrong with the article. ---- Freddie Cash, LPIC-2 CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca