Manoj Srivasta wrote: >In order to start a dialogue, I have a few questions I would > like to solicit responses to the following (please do not hesitate to > add to the following; these are merely things I have thought off the > top of my head).
Mind if I give another reason? "Debian will remain 100% free software". Although Debian is currently not adhering to that principle IMO (non-free documentation software), it is at least in theory committed to it. (Similarly, I like the US and Thomas Jefferson for the claim in the Declaration of Independence that "All men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights -- that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" -- even if it was written while most of the states still allowed slavery, and was in fact written by a slaveholder -- so, written and signed by hypocrites.) Essentially nobody else commits to this even in principle. I know I can make a private fork of anything in Debian if I want or need to. I know I have the source to everything available very easily. -- well, except for the places where Debian doesn't fulfill its promise, of course. > 1) Do you think that OpenBSD 's repuation as a secure OS is > justified? Does the secure part of OpenBSD provide a useful platform > for your needs? Would SELinux meet or exceed the needs for a > secure OS for you? Yes, no because it's too obsolete (gcc 2.95), and yes. > 3) Do you think that BSD kernels have better quality than Linux > kernels? Do Linux kernels have more features? Are these features > important for you? no, yes, and yes. > 4) Do you think that network performance of the BSD's is better than > that of Linux, including that of the 2.6 kernels? What about NFS > performance? No, and I hate NFS with a passion. > 6) Are security fixes available in a timely fashion for the BSD's? > For Linux in general? For Debian? Yes to all of the above. > 9) Does the gentoo configurability deliver significantly better > performance? Is the added step of compilation too much of an > inconvenience? No, and no. Hmm, came down on the fence there, didn't I? > 10) Does the BSD ports system compare favorably to gentoo or sorceror > Linux? Does the ports system always build for you? are upgrades > to individual packages easy, using ports/portage/emerge? Ports does not compare to Debian packages or source packages. Yeah, that wasn't the question, I know. > 11) Is it easy for you to discover new software when not using > Debian? When using gentoo? When using one of the BSD's? Debian has been by far the easiest way to discover new software for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
