Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:47:01 -0600 From: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <20050223104701.3981c839@jacob.6texans.net> In-Reply-To: <1984102496.20050223172106@wanadoo.fr> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAkUru9e0Xgkm1jphiEj0758KAAAAQAAAAVNKPkcwi5Uq3w6wWDp/biAEAAAAA@video-phones-evdo.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEHPFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <1984102496.20050223172106@wanadoo.fr>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:21:06 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > > > Note that Linux is doing much better against these measuring sticks > > because the Linux community, for all their loud proclamations about > > being GPL, has been steadily making Linux less and less > > distinguishable from the commercial OSs. When for example was the > > last time you saw a Linux enthusiast with a burned CDROM of an ISO > > he downloaded somewhere? The ones I see all have colorful cardboard > > boxes with penguins on them that they bought at Fry's. > > I've been looking at Linux these past few days (trying to decide > whether to install FreeBSD or Linux on the machine I just freed up), > and I've noticed the same thing. "Free" appears to be a near-total > illusion when it comes to Linux. And hardly any distribution seems to > require less than 6 or 7 CDs. And the Web sites I visit are extremely > circumspect about exactly how to download "free" versions of their > distributions, when they even offer such free copies. > > It all looks very much (too much) like Microsoft. You obviously didn't look at Debian then. The soon-to-be-released Sarge version is currently 14cds, but you only need to download a 35MB or 110MB installation cd to get started. The rest of the programs are downloaded from mirrors as needed. In fact, the Debian download page _discourages_ people from downloading all 14 cds. The principles behind Debian's apt-get is similar to FreeBSD's ports and portupgrade - but the organization scheme is different. As to which will suit your purposes better; why not do a dual boot between Linux and FreeBSD? They can co-exist happily. HTH & HAND, Jacob
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