Re[2]: To freeBSD or not freeBSD
From: Trish (failte_at_sentex.net)
Date: 05/20/03
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 18:47:41 -0400 To: Frederick Johnson <frebhed@yahoo.com.au>
Hello Frederick, Steve et al,
Well, I hope this topic wasn't too hard on too many inboxes. :) I
appreciate the varied and detailed responses, I certainly got the
answers I was looking for and then some, especially from those whose
jobs are similar to mine. While I have a bit more research to do to
be absolutely comfortable with what I spend my time on, seems like my
son's advice to freeBSD was solid. Thanks, all.
Trish
Saturday, May 17, 2003, 8:35:11 AM, you wrote:
FJ> --- Trish <failte@sentex.net> wrote: > Hello freebsd-newbies,
>>
>> I'm wondering why you picked freeBSD over other distros. I'm
>> getting ready to build my first Linux box and I admit, I have not fully
>> researched all the options yet, but am looking at freeBSD on the
>> recommendation of, well, my son. I take him seriously as he is
>> already running linux (though not freeBSD as yet - that's his and
>> my upcoming project), he and his friends are no slouches at this stuff,
>> typical techie teenagers, and have the time to
>> do such things. I have less. However, I'm interested in what the
>> actual user community has to say.
>>
>> I get the impression there is significant support available, apps and
>> drivers are available and configurable
>> and it's not a nightmare to run. But that's just an impression and
>> I haven't compared it enough with anything else.
>>
>> So if anyone cares to venture a point of view, I'd be interested to
>> hear it. Thanks! :)
>>
>> --
>> Trish
FJ> These topics are killers! I can feel my inbox getting full already...
FJ> I have tried Mandrake, Debian and Slackware... neither of them stayed on for
FJ> longer than 2 months (for various reasons)... One thing I particularly didnt
FJ> like about Linux is whenever I went to configure/mess around with something
FJ> (which I did/do a lot) I always got these descriptions saying (blah blah) 'this
FJ> is a mix of BSD and systemV, we put some things here and other things here, oh,
FJ> and this is something that we designed ourselves over here etc'. I have found
FJ> FreeBSD to be very organised and easy to understand, which really suprised
FJ> me... I thought being some hardcore UNIX distro meant that only people with an
FJ> equally hardcore understanding of UNIX would be able to use it! :) There are
FJ> many other things which I dont like about Linux and love about FreeBSD... I
FJ> could go on forever about the subject...
FJ> I know people say FreeBSD is the fastest, stablest, most functional OS out
FJ> there... from what I have experienced so far I am begining to believe them. :)
FJ> ...is there an advocacy mailing list? :)
FJ> Fred
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