Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:08:29 -0000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Allix Primus" <alleve@idirect.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux Distribution or not ? Message-ID: <01aa01bf0369$3caa33e0$827e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <000801bf0315$79f10b60$5435fea9@user>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unlike my experience with a number of the linuxes, FreeBSD doesn't seem = to crash .... (mine has been permanently online for best part of a month since I got it = installed), the docs are at least partly intelligible, the contributors to the mailing lists are mostly sensible = openminded folk who realize there is a "real world" out there with all sorts of different operating = systems in use for various reasons, the=20 mailing list contributors aren't all fanatics (BSD users aren't required = to face California several times a day & recite "Our Linus ......") thats enough to keep me from messing = with "trendy" operating systems=20 like redhat=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Allix Primus=20 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:08 AM Subject: Linux Distribution or not ? Just wondering whats the difference between freebsd and linux = distributions, it uses the same things and even uses X , isn't it a = distribution of linux ? what seperates it from that ? ------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Unlike my experience with a number of = the linuxes,=20 FreeBSD doesn't seem to crash .... (mine has</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>been permanently online for best part = of a month=20 since I </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>got it installed), the docs = are at least=20 partly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>intelligible, the contributors to the = mailing lists=20 are mostly sensible openminded folk who realize there</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is a "real world" out there with all = sorts of=20 different operating systems in use for various reasons, the = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>mailing list </FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>contributors aren't </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>all = fanatics (BSD=20 users aren't required to face California several times a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>day & recite "Our Linus ......") = thats enough=20 to keep me from </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>messing with "trendy" = </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>operating systems </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>like redhat </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:alleve@idirect.com" title=3Dalleve@idirect.com>Allix = Primus</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 title=3Dfreebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 20, = 1999 3:08=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Linux Distribution or = not=20 ?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Just wondering whats the difference between = freebsd and=20 linux distributions, it uses the same things and even uses X , isn't = it a=20 distribution of linux ? what seperates it from that=20 ?</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01A7_01BF0369.3B515AA0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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