> From: Bruce Cran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:35:02 AM
> Could you point out some of those strange-but-trendy features? I tried > Ubuntu for a while on my laptop and it more or less Just Works. It > boots up quickly, detects all my devices, has accelerated 3D etc. > Now I did move back to FreeBSD because I had problems with its > autodetection system - in particular the graphics card wasn't > configured properly. But that's a problem with Ubuntu specifically, and > I could just as easily have switched to Debian or Gentoo where more > manual configuration is required - just like in FreeBSD. One of the > strengths of Linux is that if you find one of the new trendy features > doesn't work, you can generally just build a new kernel - without > including it. Unfortunately, the inability to be able to include the feature / improvement is also a negative factor. > If it's user-space you don't like - well, that's a > problem with the distribution, not linux itself. -- Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
