Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:36:03 -0600 From: Old Ranger <ranger@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: Branko Vukelic <bg.branko@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello! Message-ID: <46C9C2F3.6070109@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0708192141w1d3d496enb2f8f997686efee9@mail.gmail.com> References: <3ef409db0708170651v365f51dfib643ae0d91a6a700@mail.gmail.com> <46C64727.9060000@crackmonkey.us> <d7195cff0708192141w1d3d496enb2f8f997686efee9@mail.gmail.com>
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illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 17/08/07, Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> wrote: > >> Branko Vukelic wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> My name is Branko (a.k.a. FoxBunny in some circles). Until recently I was a >>> Arch Linux >>> user, and decided to give FreeBSD a try, for a better desktop experience. >>> Thanks to the DesktopBSD project (BIG THANKS!) I'm now running FreeBSD on my >>> box (or is it proper to call DesktopBSD a FreeBSD?). >>> >>> I must say I am most impressed by how all this works, from development to >>> final touches, to actually running and using it. I'm looking forward to >>> getting involved in the whole BSD scene. >>> >>> Nice meeting (sort of) you all! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Branko >>> >> Hi Branko! >> >> I guess it's like comparing an Alsatian [FreeBSD] to a Spaniel >> [DesktopBSD]: they're very different, but both are still dogs. However >> NetBSD is a cat and Windows is a fish. >> >> Feel free to play with my sophisticated model of operating system >> development, anyone. >> >> Maybe I shouldn't have compared FreeBSD to a dog. Whoops. Sorry all. >> > > If netbsd is a cat, and oh!ess!ten is variously a panther, tiger, > puma, (pard? olestra?), openbsd is a fish (and some damned > anthropomorphic lips), probably freebsd is really a 1938 > pontiac, and windows is a cow-duck hybrid with post-it notes > stapled to its spine (or maybe that transporter accident from > Star Trek: Der Movin' Picture!). > > From a pilot's point of view: FreeBSD is an F-4 Phantom. Mac is a P-38 Trainer. Windows is a DC-10. Grins, ZWH
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