Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:50:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu> To: dscheidt@enteract.com (David Scheidt) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel config script Message-ID: <199905312250.PAA00420@mag.ucsd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990530234408.35789A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> from "David Scheidt" at May 30, 99 11:59:10 pm
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> Inter-UNIX rivalries are one of things that has kept unix healthy for so > long. Linux tends to pick up most of the 3L1t3 dudez, who don't know You must be joking me. Just about every other systems person I've talked to in past 5 years, (including me) would highly disagree with that citing that Unix fragementation is the main reason why Unix isn't more successful commericially. Linux can be cited as the main unifying force propelling Unix's come back. This of course assumes that one buys into the notion that NT would obsolete Unix in a few years, which I never did in the first place. It's doing so by unifying various fragmented group of people and is the main movement forcing folks like Apple release their source code publically to other devs. This is a very powerfully set of indicator of the Linux phenomenom and it *must* be respected. > anything but how to follow a How-To. I don't have a problem with letting HOW-TOs are useful and I person don't see why FreeBSD folks still talk down to Linux folks. Even kernel tweekers that I know find those things useable. > someone else deal with annoying lusers. When they get a clue, and realize > that FreeBSD has substantial advantages over Linux, then we can deal with > them. It would be nice if there were some migration documentation. (And Well, the claim above seems overstated to me at this time and won't be clear until I monitor various kernel discussions and explore/test FreeBSD. Linux and FreeBSD have more similarities than differences from what I can tell. This debate seems to artificially create a difference between the 2 kernels that I don't really see existing except possibly with kernel memory allocation and management. The differences seem to be created out of something emotionally reactive than concretely tangible. That's what I firmly think at this time and is subject to change as I experience the FreeBSD community. Like with any technology, that'll just take time to fix like any other problem that has a competent group maintaining it. > yes, that *is* an offer. Who do I talk to?) Someone used to have a .sig > that summed the difference between Linux and *BSD pretty nicely: "Linux is > for people that hate Microsoft. FreeBSD is for people who love Unix." You probably don't know this but that attitude above isn't helpful for FreeBSD nor the Linux folks. Contrary to the derogatory point of view that FreeBSD have of Linux folks, Linux folks are *not* terribly stupid and see Linux as a valued and legitimate variant of Unix. I certainly see Linux in this way, as happy Linux user exploring the merits of FreeBSD for the first time. > David Scheidt bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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