Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 21:24:16 -0700 From: Brian <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4FC6F270.7000206@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <CAPjTQNFrDzGESAwVbjeSHsM3cv9P-1gtMoK17NjNGODME0pVkA@mail.gmail.com> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <CAPjTQNFrDzGESAwVbjeSHsM3cv9P-1gtMoK17NjNGODME0pVkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/30/2012 1:26 PM, Oliver Pinter wrote: > On 5/30/12, David Chisnall<theraven@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending it >> to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. >> >> I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which >> advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd like >> to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. If you had >> to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you pick? >> Are they the same as when you first started using it? > Hi! > > Likes (sorry, not only 3 item): > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 1) FreeBSD is NOT Linux = FreeBSD is stable, reliable, simple (there > are no automated brainfucks... like udev, hal and dbus in base system) > 2) has a clean source, and FreeBSD is maintainable: if there are a > working driver in N+2 version, I have a much bigger chance, that > working in N too > 3) is highly configurable (~ 1) ), I like rc.conf and sysctl (linux's > procfs and sysfs is a chaos ...) > 4) FreeBSD has a ports system, that contained KDE3 > 5) well documented > 6) not fragmented as Linux, (relation to many distro, that not have idea/goal) > 7) not GPL > 8) FreeBSD is a complete system, and not just a kernel + random thing > from everywhere, and not hackish > > Are they the same as when you first started using it? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > yes Seconding David above, #7 is a big deal. I heard John "Maddog" Hall speak in person a few years back in San Diego re GPL3 and just walked out of there thinking scratching my head. Brian
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