Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:55:29 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-2?B?wWThbQ==?= Csongor <adam_csongor@mail.ru> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A FreeBSD User Reviews Mandrake. Let the flames flow. Message-ID: <20021204145529.6d753aca.adam_csongor@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <20021204131506.GB4377@gothmog.gr> References: <000001c29b84$9a400370$9802a8c0@warhawk> <20021204131506.GB4377@gothmog.gr>
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:15:07 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > > O Must be able to do stuff while listening to mp3's off an smb > > share. This is rather a question of your network conditions then your operating system... > > Package installation was a royal pain, as it was slow as, and in > > grand linux fashion, insisted on crapping shit all over my > > harddrive. The final install weighed in at around 2.5 gig, as the > > installer did give me gnome and kde, and I did not make any efforts > > to stop it. > > I haven't installed Mandrake Linux lately, but are you sure you had to > install both KDE and Gnome? With one easy mouse click you can get rid of the whole GNOME, KDE or both. I have a full featured mdk installation (OpenOffice, Mozilla, GNOME, + many additional packages in 1,1Gig... It is about the same size with fbsd with the same software installed > What's wrong with FreeBSD 4.X then? Why are you trying to use Linux? > Is FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE or 4.7-STABLE inadequate for your needs? If > yes, how? I stick with Mdk for its ease of configuration. You urpmi apache e.g., move your files to /var/www/ type service apache start and voila... Of course later it is time to check out the conf files... On the other hand I respect Fbsd very much, used it from 4.2 till 4.6 paralel to Linux and am excitingly awaiting 5.0... I'll surely give it a try... Greetings Csongor ------------------------------------------------------------ Csongor Adam, Hungary E mail: adam_csongor@seznam.cz UIN 132941052 Student of Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor Linux Mandrake 9.0 Registered Linux user #292449 ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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