Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 20:14:55 -0600 From: outlawtx@bga.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General thoughts and questions on FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991119201455.0192dec0@bga.com> In-Reply-To: <3835DD2A.5E9751AE@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Hi Jonathon, Yes, FreeBSD is quirky. In my dictionary, Webster's New World College Dictionary, definition 3 of "quirk": a peculiarty, peculiar trait, or mannerism. If one thinks FreeBSD is quirky, then, to him it is. Like beauty, it is in the eyes of the beholder. Sincerely, Don James At 06:28 PM 11/19/1999 -0500, you wrote: >A 'hacker' friend of mine who is quite a Unix guru and who loves Linux >gave FreeBSD a try recently. These were his comments: > > I *really* dislike the kernel configuration -- enabling/disabling >features causes the compile to crap out in different areas, so > doing anything fancy becomes a time-intensive trial-and-error >job. Awful. And inflexible too; I was not able to select a > PCMCIA NIC and a normal NIC [yeah, I was just toying around, but >what if I had a docking station?] without the compile > crapping out. And the recommended FP stuff ['use GNU'] caused a >kernel panic when I rebooted. > > The docs seem more sparse for BSD --no NAG, so LPG, no SAG-- but >maybe I just never poked around enough. A lot of > FreeBSD is the same as linux, of course, as linux is rather >heavily influenced by the BSD camp and they use many of the same > tools. > > I like linux better even thouhg the bsd daemon is cooler ;) Linux >seems more flexible and seems to be a general unix with > enhancements --like vim is to vi-- whereas FreeBSD is quirkly >like the other unixes. For some reason, linux never seemed > to have many 'quirks' to me [relative to other unixes that is] -- >everything is straightforward, and the tendency to implement > both SysV and BSD features means it will act however you expect >it to. > > Of course I like BSD better than SysV [another factor influencing >by Solaris views], but the SysV init stuff is quite nice.... > > <end quote> > >Any thoughts on his kernel issues? Those seem to be the only ones that >are major issues here. Is FreeBSD 'quirky' ? And what >advantages/disadvantages does FreeBSD kernel configuration have compared >to Linux ? > >-jm > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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