Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:19:46 +0200 From: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> To: Jamie <jamie@geniegate.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <a0777e081003010019g7146b5b2kbe75fabf523e5822@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com>
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=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Usually, they say "linux is good for servers, windows is go= od for > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0desktop" we need this changed to "linux is good for deskto= p, freebsd > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0is good for servers". freeBSD runs very well on my desktop ;) > > o gtar/tar/star/btar/blah > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0In BSD (DragonflyBSD,FreeBSD,OpenBSD) there is a real atti= tude > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0problem, the idea seems to be "GNU sucks and you should us= e BSD > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0alternatives". I like the GNU, I don't like having to have= 18 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0versions of "make" around (gmake, make, bmake, smake...) o= r 20 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0variants of "tar". Most people don't know or care about su= ch things. I agree. I find it annoying when a program depends on gtar or gmake. Why can't people just use portable options? > I like both platforms. Agreeds > Tell people how great freebsd is, not how crappy linux is. Remind them > that we're all "unix-like", so you're not loosing anything by selecting > freebsd for server stuff, you can still use linux as a workstation. And you could still use freeBSD a desktop or Linux as a server.
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