Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:31:04 +0000 From: "Branko Vukelic" <bg.branko@gmail.com> To: "Adam J Richardson" <fatman@crackmonkey.us> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hello! Message-ID: <3ef409db0708201631h12c30607r752d00d16fadb757@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46C9F4B2.90806@crackmonkey.us> References: <46C9F4B2.90806@crackmonkey.us>
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On 8/20/07, Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:24:01 +0200 > > From: Branko Vukelic <bg.branko@gmail.com> > > To: Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> > > > > If you allow me, a BSD noob, to take part... ;) > > > > I'd say FreeBSD is a wolf, and DesktopBSD is definitely a dog (as in > > domesticated wolf). By taming the wolf for desktop use (I'm not going > > into HOW that's possible) you get a system that is quite different > > (like an Alaskan Malaute), but still a dog, whereas DesktopBSD is > > still like a German Shepherd. I hope my approximation is about close? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_malamute > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_shepherd > > > > As for other systems, yeah Windows is definitely a fish (if we're > > talking pets), and I don't find it prudent to mention Linux here. It's > > alien life form. :D > > You forgot to CC the list, Branko. :) Oh, sorry. I'm using the GMail's webmail atm, until I get something more decent. I keep forgetting the Reply All thingie. :p > [I wouldn't worry about noobishness. We're mostly noobs on this list > anyway. There are a few gurus lurking in the shadows. As long as you > show willingness to learn and don't expect others to do hold your hand > while you cross the road, no one minds.] > > Regarding the pets analogy, I was sort of thinking we could stay on > Earth for now and leave aliens for weird future operating systems like > LCARS. Perhaps Linux could be a venus fly trap, or possibly a ferret? A > ferret would be good, since it's more like BSD than it is like Windows. > And it's also very curious. A ferret? :D Nice one! A Windows is a dodo, then. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo > Adam J Richardson > -- Branko
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