Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:57:02 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Goals Message-ID: <20040715115702.7ec43057@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <395AE78F.6ED0EF04.3F8EDD3A@cs.com> References: <395AE78F.6ED0EF04.3F8EDD3A@cs.com>
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:23:11 -0400 Sigmascape1@cs.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am not a huge poster to this mailing list, but I am interested in > FreeBSD. Generally speaking, is one goal of FreeBSD and its > community, to make FreeBSD as easy to use a mainstream Linux distro? > I'm just curious. I see a lot of potential for FreeBSD on the server > side of things, but Linux and its various distros are now making > Linux easier to use on the front end of things (client side) as well > as being solid in the server department. Having used SuSE 8 and 9, I > can say Linux has now entered a new world of 'ease-of-use.' What is truely needed is a MMC clone. The linux is beat completely hands down. Lol, from all the users of linux I've talked to I've still not seen this 'easy-to-use'... once some one wants to expand beyond the base of the distro they are running, it still has massive problems... > >From my position, I am much more interested in BSD-based > >alternatives that offer me and my staff alternatives on the client > >side. Obviously, Mac OS X is a strong alternative, but most of our > >hardware is x86-based. Our hardware is probably not change, so > >Linux is an option that is difficult to ignore. > > Any thoughts? MMC clone.
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