On Friday 14 January 2005 05:13 am, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > Hello FreeBSD Friends. > > I have just arrived to the FreeBSD world. I am not an expert on > anything, I am only a computer fan and use my computer mainly for my > engineering work and hobbies (amateur radio, photography, astronomy, > etc.). I come from a happy Debian GNU/Linux experience. I paid > attention on FreeBSD when reading a Linux magazine and installed it > two months ago. I really do not have any important reasons to change, > but I admit that I am impressed and I like FreeBSD very much, and my > interest on it is incresing everyday. I like its centralized > development and its separation between the OS and the ports. Perhaps > one day I will do the change, but I first must feel safe and > confortable with the FreeBSD, the same that when I changed from > WinDog to Linux. > > I do not like linux-FreeBSD wars. I hate them. Both are good > operating systems with their pros and cons. Many of you tell that > Linux is a desktop OS, and that it is a chaothic OS. I do not agree > with that, and If you argue that, you do not know Linux well. When I > speak about Linux, I mean Debian or Gentoo. I do not think that they > are chaothic or intended for desktop. Debian put all the pieces > together in one OS that is in order and works nicely. Gentoo portage > philosophy is similiar to FreeBSD ports. > > People on the FreeBSD and Debian GNU/Linux mailing lists are very > kind and help you in any case, if you ask questions politely and you > have searched and read tha manuals first. > So, why do we start always the war? The real war should be against > the Bill Gates OSes, instead of fighting among us. I have never heard
When you focus against anything, you risk losing focus on constructive goals. > a bad word about FreeBSD on the Linux lists. Indeed, I think that > most of Linux people do not even know thet FreeBSD exists, some of > them think that it is another Linux distribution. On the oposite Yes, there's even a hardware vendor (http://www.sub300.com/) that lists FreeBSD under "Other Linux Distribution." > side, I have heard several people hating Linux on this list, even > comparing it with WinDogs :-( > > > I hate the following wars: > > BSD license vs GPL license > Linux vs xBSD > GNOME vs KDE > bash vs tcsh > text apps vs X apps > CUPS vs lpr Did you forget Linux vs Gnu Linux? ;-) > > I think we should cooperate instead of fighting. Indeed, BSD code is > on Linux OSes, and GNU software is on FreeBSD ports...... etc... > > Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english. > > Just my 2 euro cents. > > Ramiro Aceves. (Spain) > Best regards, Andrew Gould _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
