From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 01:46:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFB25106564A for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 01:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@shute.org.uk) Received: from atmail-10.bnguk.net (atmail-10.bnguk.net [80.74.253.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6DD8FC08 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 01:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.54.144] helo=orange.esperance-linux.co.uk) by atmail-10.bnguk.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYs3T-0003Hl-41; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:46:07 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 910404AC20; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:46:05 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:46:05 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Mel Flynn Message-ID: <20090806014605.GA98688@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Mel Flynn , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ilya Shpan'kov References: <200908050743.05363.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200908050743.05363.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RC2 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: Ilya Shpan'kov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opera in your repos X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:19 -0000 On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:43:05AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > [snip] > > Well, we can start to agree that FreeBSD is not a "distro", but a UNIX > operating system. :) We can't quite agree on that ;) BSD=Berkeley Software Distribution AKA distro of Unix At least the OP didn't make the faux pas of calling FreeBSD a Linux distro like one of his colleagues did a couple of years ago on this list. He'll also be relieved to know that plenty of people use Opera on FreeBSD. I'd point him to bsdstats for some numbers but it doesn't seem very functional ATM. [snip] Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html