Carl Tucker wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 06:38:12PM -1000, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > > I will greatly appreciate counter comments about my conclusion that > > Mandrake is the best distro for desktops. > > I last used SuSE 7.1, which I really liked. I've always hated > RedHat. Never tried Mandrake. > > Now I like FreeBSD, which isn't Linux at all (but very similar). > As long as you're in an experimental mood, you might check that > out as well. All my machines are FreeBSD now. > > Available packages are even simpler to install and maintain with > the FreeBSD ports system than the RPM system (IMO). A list of > ports to native FreeBSD can be found at > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > Also, even if your favorite application doesn't have a FreeBSD > ports, you can run in "Linux emulation" mode, so everything that > works on the Linux machine will work with FreeBSD. > > Sorry for sounding like an advertisement, but I really am > happy with it. > > -- > Carl Tucker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ####################
Aloha! Carl, I didn't know there was another FreeBSD user on this list besides me. I have five of the boxes. Including a laptop. Funny to setup on some hardware, but very solid. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
