[aclug-L] Re: Lindows

[David Wiebe <dww@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe I'm confused, but why is FreeBSD being discussed in a Linux list?  
FreeBSD may have some great characteristics but to discuss it as if it is 
just another linux distro seems counterproductive.

Dave W.


On Wednesday 14 November 2001 01:32, you wrote:
> personally, FreeBSD is my favorite, since everything is (can be) compiled
> from source, but it's still managed as packages (ie: if you want to remove
> something, it's as simple as a 'pkg_delete
> <pkg_name_installed_from_ports_source_tree>')...   BUT, since my
> workstation is so pathetically slow (P200), running things in linux
> compatability mode (ie: Netscape or Opera) makes my system even slower than
> Windows XP! : ^ ) so, until i can get an upgrade, i've just been using
> Mandrake, since it's easy to install/manage w/o having to compile things
> from source... and i can run native linux apps... well, natively...
>
> also, i could never get Konqueror to recognize my Netscape plugins, which
> really made browsing some of my favorite sites a real bore/chore...  if
> anyone's gotten this to work in FreeBSD, i'd love to know how! : ^ )
>
> i think my server / firewall will remain FreeBSD...  i like how things are
> managed...  and even on my old 486 things work (somewhat) well! : ^ )  tho'
> i just inherited a P120 from a friend, so "maybe" that will help it out
> some! : ^ )
>
> gLaNDix
>
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