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Date:      Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:18:56 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sanity regained -- back with the best
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990718043632.conrads@home.com>

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At 04:36 AM 7/18/99 -0500, Conrad Sabatier wrote:

 >Feels so good to be back with FreeBSD.  I cannot believe the difference between
>it and Linux.  Linux's multitasking can't hold a candle to FreeBSD's.  No sir,
>no way, no how.  Tried playing MP3s under Linux on this 166 MHz box; choppy,
>choppy, choppy.  Under FreeBSD, smooth as butter.  Simply no comparison.  And
>the RPM system doesn't even come close, IMHO, to matching FreeBSD's
>ports/packages system.  

Yep, the only one that's better, IMHO, is Debian's; among other things, it lets
you bring things in directly from a Web browser (such as Lynx). Speaking of which,
what is the status of FreeBSD's new ports/packages system?

--Brett



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