On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Advertising that it exists and is used is more important than saying "x >> sucks, use y instead". This is the tone I was getting from the previous >> response and this is what I discourage as well as others on the list. > > It was just an example. I don't use FreeBSD because Oracle Solaris sucks but > because it works best for me. No other unix not only is as fast but allows so > easy tuning like compiling own kernel and configuring things. > > What do you prefer - few files in /etc, like rc.conf to configure almost > everything in base system (+starting installed ports), or thousands of files > in modern "linux distro" or oracle solaris? > > Sorry but when i HAD to deal with linux i just deleted most of /etc and write > my own /etc/rc.
Joe user, students, etc really don't care about the underlying system as long as the GUIs obscure this. OSX is a prime example of this (the OSX CLI has sucked for a long time). Only sysadmin and CLI power users care how things like this are organized. I think this is the usability boat that's been missed for a while on *nix. > Solaris 11 was just an example of overadvertised things that are just > useless. Linux is "trendy" and quality is second thing, but it had to be > everywhere including things that should not have OS at all, like VoIP gateway. Sun isn't Oracle, so I don't expect them to put forth a decent general purpose OS offering. As far as Linux is concerned, in some ways it's good Linux has become a niche OS, and in some ways it's bad, but you can't take back the fact that it is what it is right now. Thanks, -Garrett_______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
