On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Michel Talon <ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr>wrote: > > > Any discussion on such subjects should begin by switching off the reality > distortion field. For *my own experience* Ubuntu works perfectly OK, in > particular all the hardware on my laptop works, suspend works, i have > zero problem keeping the "ports" updated, etc. It is the completely no > fuss solution. Wether FreeBSD needs to go in a direction or another is a > different subject, but *please* be objective in your descriptions. >
I can cite more anecdotal evidence to the contrary but that will just perpetuate this infinite regression. > is a sentence you can easily apply to any modern system. And most users > could not care less that there is *bloat* on their hard disk. Anyways > you can find a functional and installable desktop Ubuntu system > on a simple CDROM, show me the same for FreeBSD and i will happily > conclude it is less bloated. > ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd/9.0-BETA1.5/i386/PCBSD9.0-BETA1.5-x86-CD.iso Your other concerns are just as easily answered if you look. -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"