On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Ira Abramov wrote:
> > 1. Because Linux runs on Alpha
> > 2. Linux is fast becoming the most popular UNIX
> > 3. Therefore making it easier to find answers to queries
> 4. because Solaris is free-as-in-free-beer and not free-speach
No it isn't. It costs money to have more users logged on, for example.
> 5. because of the community (but I'm biased)
> 6. because of the basic configuration (anyone can screw with his machine
> until it's GNU/Solaris, but installing Linux is easier)
Well, in solaris's favour, you do get XEmacs with the OS.
10. GNU/Linux's sed/grep/awk variety don't have any idiotic 4096 chars per
line limit.
11. GNU/Linux comes with much better GUI: GNOME is light years ahead of
CDE.
12. Most Free Software is available first on Linux (e.g., GNU's machines
are GNU/Linux boxen), and is best debugged on Linux.
Note:
Richard Stallman has requested time and again to refer to the OS as
GNU/Linux. While the kernel is Linux, most basic utilities are part of
FSF's GNU project for providing a free operating system. If you care at
all about the opinion of the guy who wrote some of the most basic tools
you are using (gcc, gdb, Emacs) and founded the organization (FSF) which
funded much of the rest (parts of GNOME, file-utils, text-utils and so
on), please refer to the OS as GNU/Linux.
--
Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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