Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 16:01:19 -0700 (PDT) From: RHS Camel Smoker <bbobb@blerg.dyn.ml.org> To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux vs fbsd Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970925155629.14515E-100000@blerg.dyn.ml.org>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: > Subject: Re: linux vs fbsd > > FreeBSD is by far, a better operating system. Why? Well, first, pretty > much anything you can run on Linux will run on FreeBSD with very little > effort. *grin* little effort = little fun ;-) > It's rock solid, and has, by far, the best support of all of > any Intel operating system. If I have a question, this list, or people > like Greg Lehey and Brian Sommers will answer it expediently. [root@blerg games]# uptime 3:24pm up 1 day, 8:33, 7 users, load average: 1.03, 1.01, 1.00 the longest I can keep my linux box up is around 3 days. I've hit 2 weeks before...then it kinda fell apart. =] > As for playing around with it, it's got a load of games, > window managers, drawing/painting apps, and tricks. *grin* I was aiming more for playing around with the kernel, but games are a pretty definite plus ;-) > Linux, in my > opinion, is too mixed up and confusing. You have a variety of different > Linux kinds, with support being muddled, and at times, hard to find. > FreeBSD has one central outlet for support, upgrades, and apps, with > easy-to-find links to related sites, and related documentation. Plus, > if that doesn't win you, FreeBSD has that kick-ass daemon for a logo. heheheh...I've read stories about that daemon...;-) *shrug* I'm convinced. I've gotten around 5 messages back from this list - the most responses I've ever seen from a specific question. thanks. :-) now...where do I get those freebsd t-shirts? ;-) > > -Joe Clarke > ps - thought it was kind of a bsd-ish sign that PGP would compile with a 'make bsd', but choke with a 'make linux'. =]
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