Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:24:21 -0700 From: "Joel M. Fulton" <jfulton@e3tech.net> To: "Brian Raynes" <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us>, "freebsd newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Would like comments and opinions regarding desktop OS switch Message-ID: <046d01c12fdd$e59dda90$0801a8c0@corp.trigeo.com> References: <03d201c12fcc$ce04a7d0$0801a8c0@corp.trigeo.com> <3B8BC040.8D50C36E@dnr.state.ak.us>
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Interesting (to me) side note - I grew up in Anchorage... any how... Thank you for the information - I've performed many OpenBSD install/setups (only as firewall/vpn/router, but I really like its simplicity and resultant management ease) and used Redhat for about a year and a half (desktop) - I'm just sick of all the unnecessary RH garbage they throw at me. Their package manager is obtuse and unwieldy -> and that's the main reason I'm looking at Debian with their apt-get/dselect tool. I've not used CVS a great deal - any thoughts on that? - particularly with regard to updating ports/os? I am expecting to have to work and learn - anything of value requires effort - but ceaseless, frustrating toil is why I'm in the middle of the pack of rats deserting the MS ship. What you describe fits my needs well - I don't have huge requirements, bleed plenty at work, and would prefer simplicity, but I want the damn thing to work and work well. thank you for your opinions. joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Raynes" <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us> To: "Joel M. Fulton" <jfulton@e3tech.net>; "freebsd newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Would like comments and opinions regarding desktop OS switch > Well Joel, > > I decided on Freebsd based on the best hardware support of the bsd's. > Things like parallel zip drive support are useful to me. Openbsd was > one of the nicest, cleanest installs, once you figure out how to use the > OS, but freebsd has these little extras that are useful to me. > > I've installed Debian, but haven't used it extensively. I liked it for > a linux, and apt has a good reputation as a package system. BSD ports > system is very nice though. My favorite Linux is Slackware. But I've > become biased toward BSD-style init systems. For a home computer, > especially a workstation, leaving out all the complexity of the Sys-V > runlevels is nice. I'm not as rabidly against Sys-V init as some in the > BSD camps, but I generally prefer the BSD one. > > Other than that, I like the Debian distribution's conservative > approach. That's not as good if you like living on the "cutting edge", > though. > > That reminds me of one other thing I appreciate about FreeBSD. The > different stable branches that are maintained. You mentioned stability > as important - well, I think that FreeBSD has one of the best systems > for easily maintaining a stable, but up-to-date platform in the free-OS > world right now. > > > my two cents, > > Brian Raynes > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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