Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:18:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Sanjay Bhattacharya <sanbh@gmx.net> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: Long live The Penguin!!!! [ipfw vs Linux] Message-ID: <20020625231522.J46730-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <00d201c21cbd$3b9ff2d0$1ba8c8cb@corrsl7vs6l3tz>
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On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Sanjay Bhattacharya wrote: > Please guys (the anti Penguin lobby), relax. I've been making my bread and > butter out of Linux for the last 3 years. And I am a Sun Certified System > Administrator. Still I've chosen my work field to be Linux. Why? Because I > am in love with the penguin. As for me I haven't found anything that's > drastically wrong as it always happens with Winblows. On the contrary there > are revolutionary changes in 2.4 series kernels. One that has made my life a > lot easier is certianly netfilter/iptables. And as for the libc problem, a > little caution always saved my from big hassles. I am sort of a newbie to > FreeBSD. But one thing I dislike about it is ipfw. Its so complicated. In > contrast iptables in Linux is a pleasure to use. Apart from that upgrading > Linux kernel is an easy task. I always patch my kernel with the latest > updates and then I compile it. It runs like a dream. And believe me, I > haven't faced a single problem in the last three years. But one thing I > always avoid is rpm's. You might call me an old timer but I've my faith on > the sources. And the configure/make/make install/ has always given me what I > wanted. And to say nothing of the device recognition capabilities of the > Linux kernel. I thank my lucky stars again and again that I don't have to > bother about the HCL, thanks to Linux. So I think the Penguin is doing a > great job. And under no circumstances it is inferior to the daemon. I want > to conclude with the slogan ..."In Penguin I trust". > rgds, > Sanjay Sanjay, I'm not really aware of an "Anti-Penguin lobby" herein, nor am I understanding of your motives in posting here. Is there a question in all that poorly-worded and grammatically-challenged drivel? :) j/k [And yeah! *sighs* ipfw is a bee-yatsch isn't it?! Kept me away from it.] -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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