Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:26:11 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: root@isis.dynip.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Common Question Message-ID: <199902191426.JAA09653@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <199902191310.QAA44457@isis.dynip.com> from "root@isis.dynip.com" at "Feb 19, 99 04:09:50 pm"
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Really in depth: root@isis.dynip.com wrote, > Linux started , may be , some a year or so before FreeBSD, and has > become very common, even the guys who don't know a shit about > computers, when you tell them I am running unix at home, of course > refering to your FreeBSD machine, they immediately tell you, Linux ?? > > I'm sick of it, now I hear that IBM is making some deal with Linux > people for installing Linux on their new machines, I am very very sad, > and very very gelous. Any computer coming out of the manufacturer without a M$ OS on it is a Good Thing. Feeling sad, I do not understand. Jealous, I can. > I wan too know, in full detail, the difference between FreeBSD, The 'FreeBSD and Linux' section of Greg Lehey's _The Complete FreeBSD_ is a start. > and Linux, why is linux more popular, You said it in your first line. Linux was first due mainly to some legal issues with AT&T. > why the heck FreeBSD doesnot have > support for simple things like Parralel port scanners, I do not know if a parallel port scanner is a 'simple' thing, but no one has written one. Device drivers for FreeBSD are generally written by the users. Someone with the know-how to make a driver for your scanner has either not had the time or inclination to make one. With Linux, with more users, it is more likely someone has been in such a position and made a driver. And now, Linux is getting to the point where manufacturers may write Linux drivers for their devices (which is good for FreeBSD; modifying a Linux driver for FreeBSD is typically a _lot_ easier than making one from scratch). > why the linux > ports is few Gigabytes, why I am still pretty sure that FreeBSD is > better. Again, simple, it has existed longer among more users. > I wan to know why every time I go to a web page on the net to hunt for > extra-portal (like extra-terresterial) software, I find the following > Menu: > > Windows 95/98 > Windows NT > OS2 > Machintosh > Linux > > Is this list missing something. Yes. It's missing the source code which any decent package is delivered as. > -- > - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. ~o .^. > ---------------------------- ___ o~ .00 ) > Static Email : osiris2002@yahoo.com /| o~ /)( > Bouncing Email : root@isis.dynip.com / | | \ > Web Site : http://isis.dynip.com:80 (Frames) ___/ | / \ > Anon FTP Site : ftp://isis.dynip.com:21 (anonymous) | /''___/ / | > Gopher Site : gopher://isis.dynip.com:70 | /'''/___/ | > Network News : isis.dynip.com (Read, Post, Xfer) __|/'''/ > Mailing Lists : majordomo@isis.dynip.com (public) > pgp key : finger root@isis.dynip.com You should put a 'Reply-To' line in your mail containing your 'static' address if that is where you prefer replies from this list go. I'm also trying to figure out your BUAG in the .sig. Q-bert standing at the base of some stairs, wearing stilts, and being attacked by huge, flying sperm? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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