Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:16:16 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Louis-Philippe Groulx" <dark_matrix41@yahoo.ca>, "Steve Brown" <freebsd@prayforwind.com> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20020331022135.DD9F44844F@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20020330010139.CUOU24482.tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:01:34 -0500, Steve Brown wrote: > >> easy to learn between: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, QNX >> or Linux. > >I was determined to find an alternative to Windows98 and as such I tried all >of these. I settled on FreeBSD because: > >- it runs on my machine and I was able to configure -all- my hardware >- I found the doc's at freebsd.org far & away better than anyone else's >- To me it's got the best balance between ease-of-use<=>power > >OpenBSD won't boot my machine properly. NetBSD is more sparse than FreeBSD >but it runs on just about anything. Of the linux's I like Debian & Slackware >(couldn't get any of the others to install) but they're complex compared to >the *BSD's. Linux has better support for more weird hardware than the *BSD's. >QNX froze my machine repeatedly, just like Windows; something I've never seen >FreeBSD or Linux do. I used slackware about 5 years ago, and I thought i'd rather have a root canal then install it again.. I dont know if it's changed since though. i went to freebsd, and everything installed easy/quick --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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