Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:55:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: dg@root.com, gsutter@pobox.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS Comparisons. Message-ID: <19980328075511.52357@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 12:54:52PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980327152013.23027C-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu> <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>
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On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 12:54:52 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Andreas Braukmann wrote: >> >>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:20:15AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: >>>>> http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/ >>> >>> hhmm. I found the characterization for linux-users quite interesting: >>> "He needed the stability and power of Unix but didn't >>> know enough about Unix to configure FreeBSD. " >> >> Especially since I found FreeBSD much easier to properly configure than >> my Linux system. 'Course, I was running Slackware Linux with a 1.1.56? >> kernel. :) >> >> I found myself in the Linux camp on the survey above, though. I changed >> my answers three times and still was characterized as a Linux user. I'm >> going to wipe my HDD now and install Red Hat. > > Funny, I didn't answer any of the questions and was put into the Linux > camp. I'm sure there's an obvious conclusion there :-) > It's annoying yet interesting that it skips over OS/2 and FreeBSD > when it decides you're a Linux candidate. I wonder if it always > decides "linux" is best for you, no matter how you answer the > questions? :-) My question in reverse. Coming from you, though, these are grounds for concern. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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