Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Jessica Mahoney
Grant wrote: It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to learn/use/know one OS for server, media system, laptop, router, etc. How would

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Grant
> > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > > learn/use/know one OS for server, media system, laptop, router, etc. > > How w

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Alaksiej C
On 12/13/07, Thierry Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Skype is a closed proprietary project, and they don't release binaries > for FreeBSD: the Linux emulation is necessary (it may work, or not... I > don't trust this soft and never tried it!). > > On the contrary, Wengo is an open source pr

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Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Alaksiej C
There's vmware in the ports, but not so fresh: vmware3-3.2.1.2242_13,1 I prefer QEMU. On 12/13/07, Alaksiej C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 12/13/07, Thierry Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Skype is a closed proprietary project, and they don't release binaries > > for FreeBSD

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
"Julian H. Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A VOIP (ie Skype) Asterisk developer (Emil Stoyanov. cc'd) who is > FreeBSD (& Linux) based did 2 presentations in Munich this year: Uh... Skype is indeed VOIP, but it is not interoperable with Asterisk (or anything else) since it uses its own prop

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Thierry Thomas
Le Jeu 13 déc 07 à 21:35:04 +0100, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait : > Sounds problematic. I still wonder about skype/wengo and vmware > workstation. I'll have to do some Googling. Skype is a closed proprietary project, and they don't release binaries for FreeBSD: the Linux emulation is nec

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Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Grant
> > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > > learn/use/know one OS for server, media system, laptop, router, etc. > > How w

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 06:12:55AM -0800, Grant wrote: > > What about skype, wengo, and vmware workstation? Do they work on FreeBSD? > I have no idea, I'm afraid. Hopefully someone else on the list can > answer that. I've never used any of the three. A VOIP (ie Skype) Aster

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> From: Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Current Gentoo user > > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > learn/use/know one

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:50:33PM -0300, Sd?vtaker wrote: > > If you want a fast read: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system#Definition_of_an_Operating_System_.28OS.29 > But there is a lot more info in Tanenbaum books, Staling books, or > Silverschatz books, the three of them named "o

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Sdävtaker
Chad Perrin escribió: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:52:18AM +, Paul Waring wrote: Gentoo isn't really an operating system, it's a Linux distribution - the only way in which it differs from other distributions (say Debian) is in its package management. I've been running into the notion that Li

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:52:18AM +, Paul Waring wrote: > > Gentoo isn't really an operating system, it's a Linux distribution - the > only way in which it differs from other distributions (say Debian) is in > its package management. I've been running into the notion that Linux distributions

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 06:12:55AM -0800, Grant wrote: > > What about skype, wengo, and vmware workstation? Do they work on FreeBSD? I have no idea, I'm afraid. Hopefully someone else on the list can answer that. I've never used any of the three. > > >From what I've read, ports is much fast

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Grant
> > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > > learn/use/know one OS for server, media system, laptop, router, etc. > > How w

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Grant wrote: > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > learn/use/know one OS

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Paul Waring
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:00:52PM -0800, Grant wrote: > It has recently come to my attention that FreeBSD is "similar" to > Gentoo Linux. I've been a Gentoo user for about 5 years and I love > the concept, but it feels like the project is slowing down. I like to > learn/use/know one OS for serve