I moved from Linux (Debian GNU/Linux) to (Free|Open)BSD a few weeks ago and I am really impressed by the *BSDs. They are working very well (the "Just works" feeling I missed a long time), the port and package-system is very nice and handy, it's stable and you have a really powerful (superior) community (mailinglists, forums, ...)
Linux orientates more on Windows and Mac rather than POSIX, Unix and BSDs. Unity and Gnome3 do the same way: They want to be better than Apple/Windows and gain market share - the "Linux as desktop"-rubbish. But this is not the way I want to work and I really **hate** this movement. I don't need eye candy - I need something to get my work done! So - for people who want to work (and not to play) with an operating system - the BSDs are a good place to start. And as server operating system, BSDs will never die because they are stable, secure and functional! On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 07:10:59AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > While I usually consider Slashdot nothing more than a bunch of > juveniles ranting against Microsoft; however, I did find this rather > interesting post this morning. > > "Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore" > > <http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/16/0020243/Lennart-Poettering-BSD-Isnt-Relevant-Anymore> > > Interestingly enough, a great deal of it is true. It might be > interesting to know how others feel about it. Obviously, asking that > question on this forum is like playing against a stacked deck; however, > it still might prove interesting. > > -- > Jerry ✌ > jerry+f...@seibercom.net > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. > Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- Christian Barthel (Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc ) Mail: b...@user-mode.org Web: http://bc.user-mode.org Server: nemesis.user-mode.org Status: 09:25:41 up 11 days, 1:54, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"