Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:43:30 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Henry Lenzi <henry.lenzi@gmail.com> Cc: Claude Menski <claude.menski@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu Message-ID: <46279C32.5070206@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <8b4c81f0704190922u7a21440eybefd3b25e195ec94@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <8b4c81f0704190922u7a21440eybefd3b25e195ec94@mail.gmail.com>
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Henry Lenzi wrote: > On 4/13/07, Claude Menski <claude.menski@gmail.com> wrote: >> Why is freebsd better then ubuntu? >> _______________________________________________ > > I'll give you a real example. I have a licensed mathematics package > called Maple. It expensive. Ubuntu (Debian) just broke the > installation from one upgrade to another. They take pride in not > keeping backwards compatibility. Then, I used FreeBSD with the Red Hat > emulation software, ad I have it running. We'll have to take your word for that on this. > Another example: documentation (with whole books on the system desgin) > and a community more knowledgeable. While I myself agree that FreeBSD documentation is damned good - Ubuntu is pretty damned good also. I can't say either pro nor con for Debian. > Plus, ports. You don have to wait 6 months like in Debian. This may or may not be true - I myself have not used Debian. I have used Ubuntu (6.10 and upgraded to 7.04) and I was happy with the applications I installed/used. One thing to mention - you keep saying Debian. While it's true Ubuntu is Debian-ish (A distro of, a fork - whatever they call it), I think that you may be tainting your overall opinion based on Debian. IIRC - the op specifically stated Ubuntu and NOT Debian. Just ensureing that you don't cloud the already murky waters of this thread. > > Additionally, you can run Linux software under emulation layer. Agreed - and in many cases, even better then on a Linux distro. > BSD license. This goes without saying. > Cheers. > > Henry > -- Best regards, Chris BOFH excuse #345: Having to manually track the satellite.
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