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Date:      Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:03:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jamie Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <rfotescu@idsrom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907231248470.12396-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu>
In-Reply-To: <C1F3617BDC52D21185E40000214C247C15404E@id-bucharest.idsrom.com>

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On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote:

> 1. Why Linux has bash as default and FreeBSD csh? They want "command
> history" with ARROWS, not with "!".

Because csh has been the traditional shell of BSD systems as long as I
have been alive.  It might be neat to see a bash-clone with a BSD license
available in the system just to get the "FreeBSD is so old, it doesn't
even have BASH!!" to shut up.  Thoughts?

> 2. Why Linux has "ls-color" by default and FreeBSD doesn't? [please excuse
> me if I'm wrong, but I haven't seen FreeBSD since 30 months ago, I can't
> install it now, only Linux boxes are available here and for the moment I
> don't own a PC!]

There was a thread on misc@openbsd.org where some troll claimed that
OpenBSD was so old, it didn't even have color-ls.  I laughed at that for a
week.  As someone who does not need or use color-ls, I do not view this as
an issue, I would like to see other's thoughts.

> 3. What is the performance loss when running Linux apps under emulation in
> FreeBSD [assuming no sources are available].

There are a lot of stories that Linux binaries in fact run faster on
FreeBSD than they do under Linux.

> 4. Why _nobody_ is making a site like "http://www.linuxapps.com/" for the
> *BSD system(s) in order to find easier apps?

There isn't much of a need for it.  The ports tree is there on every
system (unless you don't install it).  Any application from bash, to
color-ls, to WordPerfect, to Apache, to Netscape is there.

If you are looking for more information on FreeBSD offerings, a good
source would be www.freebsdmall.com.

Jamie



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