Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:01:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971020134418.969B-100000@dumbwinter.logic.it> In-Reply-To: <199710192255.RAA11285@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote:
> > Not sure if linux has a network install package however I
> > couldn't find it.
>
> Have you uncovered a *LINUX* limitation or a *Slackware*
> limitation? Since when did the Linux kernel dictate installation
> technique?
>
> When itemizing the great things about FreeBSD and the shortcomings
> of Linux and its many distributions, we need to keep the facts
> strictly honest else we demonstrate we don't really know what
> we're saying about Linux.
I agree with David. Also, I *really* cannot understand this sort of
FreeBSD vs Linux war. It's completely silly and counterproductive,
as someone else pointed out in this thread.
For example, I started with Linux, in particular with Slackware, and
rolled my own kernels. Then, being disappointed with the differences
in the many distributions, I tried FreeBSD. Let me say it: I felt
guilty just at the idea of evaluating FreeBSD, because Linux served
me very well.
Being used to the Slackware installation procedure, I felt uneasy
with FreeBSD, not to mention the different kernel configuration, the
BSD init vs the sysV init, BSD make vs gmake, etc.
Then I slowly started to understand the FreeBSD philosophy, and now
I can proudly say I'm a FreeBSD addict :-)
*But* I have nothing to blame on Linux. I tried both worlds, and *I*
choosed FreeBSD, as an other person could have choosen Linux.
I do love FreeBSD, and I do admire Linux, because they are *both*
Unix (no purist flames here) and they are both free. Lets work
together to improve Unix and to fight the evil empire.
Cheers
Marco Molteni
Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy.
"Whuffo you jump out of them airplanes?"
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