Hi all, Notwithstanding this list's rule that says 'nothing is off topic', it seems to me that there are already a huge number of websites and mail threads involved in the NT/XP/BSD/Linux/Macintosh religious wars. Would bringing such a thread to the BD group increase content levels, or just increase noise levels?
On the other hand, since I am without sin, (no M'soft on my networks ;-) I'll cast the first stone.... While I admire the incredible breadth and strength of Linux development, I prefer variants of freeBSD for most applications. FreeBSD seems marginally more stable and secure than Linux running web and data server apps, many of which were first created on and for BSD systems. For desktops and personal workstations, the freeBSD/Mach/Darwin variant of unix, delivered as Apple OSX, while not fully open sourced, is so much superior to every other GUI/user interface, that it just seems counterproductive not to buy Macs, especially for running unix on laptops. They're cheap, fast, friendly, and sturdy. They're delivered with an unbeatable set of consumer applications built in, plus X11, with thousands of applications ready to compile, all the linux/unix developer's tools like a cross-compiling gcc, perl, cvs, php, and java, and a competent and extensible developer's GUI. They just work. Ok, take up your weapons, YAPORS* begins! * Yet Another Pc Operating System Religious Skirmish. Taryn http://ornae.com/ On Sep 12, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Rumen Slavov wrote: > Hi all,Hi Felipe,Hi Mike > ... > Doug,you are right,we should start a Linux BD list > and there is at least one reason-to tell all our > friends here for the advantages of the free OS`s.But I > think it is better this way,giving more members the > possibility to touch the idea of freedom in the net.It > is close enough to the minds of the biodieselers-to > keep the world as clean as possible and to be free to > lead the life as everyone prefers. > Best wishes to all of you,I am going back to the BD > installation I am assembling right now. > Rumen Slavov > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
