From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 19:48:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD6A716A418 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F51313C4D5 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7KJihn5046083; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:44:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l7KJihRA046082; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:44:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:44:42 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Old Ranger Message-ID: <20070820194442.GC45885@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <3ef409db0708170651v365f51dfib643ae0d91a6a700@mail.gmail.com> <46C64727.9060000@crackmonkey.us> <46C9C2F3.6070109@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46C9C2F3.6070109@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Branko Vukelic , "illoai@gmail.com" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:48:50 -0000 On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:36:03AM -0600, Old Ranger wrote: > illoai@gmail.com wrote: > >On 17/08/07, Adam J Richardson wrote: > > > >>Branko Vukelic wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>My name is Branko (a.k.a. FoxBunny in some circles). Until recently I > >>>was a > >>>Arch Linux > >>>user, and decided to give FreeBSD a try, for a better desktop experience. > >>>Thanks to the DesktopBSD project (BIG THANKS!) I'm now running FreeBSD > >>>on my > >>>box (or is it proper to call DesktopBSD a FreeBSD?). > >>> > >>>I must say I am most impressed by how all this works, from development to > >>>final touches, to actually running and using it. I'm looking forward to > >>>getting involved in the whole BSD scene. > >>> > >>>Nice meeting (sort of) you all! > >>> > >>>Best regards, > >>> > >>>Branko > >>> > >>Hi Branko! > >> > >>I guess it's like comparing an Alsatian [FreeBSD] to a Spaniel > >>[DesktopBSD]: they're very different, but both are still dogs. However > >>NetBSD is a cat and Windows is a fish. > >> > >>Feel free to play with my sophisticated model of operating system > >>development, anyone. > >> > >>Maybe I shouldn't have compared FreeBSD to a dog. Whoops. Sorry all. > >> > > > >If netbsd is a cat, and oh!ess!ten is variously a panther, tiger, > >puma, (pard? olestra?), openbsd is a fish (and some damned > >anthropomorphic lips), probably freebsd is really a 1938 > >pontiac, and windows is a cow-duck hybrid with post-it notes > >stapled to its spine (or maybe that transporter accident from > >Star Trek: Der Movin' Picture!). > > > > > From a pilot's point of view: > FreeBSD is an F-4 Phantom. > Mac is a P-38 Trainer. > Windows is a DC-10. (with a hydraulic leak) ////jerry > > Grins, > > ZWH > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"