Hi,
I've tinkered a bit with Linux and FreeBSD, but still consider myself as newbie.
I'm probably going for FreeBSD since I can see the best strenghts that Linux experts point in their distros already exist on FreeBSD, mostly coherent file structure, init scripts and package management. And a great plus in FreeBSD is the documentation, never seen anything like that in a Linux distro before (Debian seems the closest to me).
I know FreeBSD is mainly conceived as a performance server OS and lacks in the multimedia field when compared with Linux which is much more generic.
But in terms of sound I think the scenario could change easily: you don't have ALSA drivers but according to this post it's possible to convert ALSA drivers into free OSS drivers:
http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48#48
This could mean reduced need for commercial OSS driver support :) And of course there may be licensing issues.
Not really my problem since I have a SB Live!, but this could easily improve FreeBSD image on the multimedia *NIX field :)
Thanks in advance, Bruno _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
