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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2099 comp.os.linux.misc:11337 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder.parcplace.com!imp From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <Cn6txK.IDp@boulder.parcplace.com> Sender: news@boulder.parcplace.com Organization: ParcPlace Boulder References: <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <Cn1KJ1.9pr@boulder.parcplace.com> <HJSTEIN.94Mar24111940@sunset.huji.ac.il> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 21:20:07 GMT Lines: 46 In article <HJSTEIN.94Mar24111940@sunset.huji.ac.il> hjstein@sunset.huji.ac.il (Harvey J. Stein) writes: >I believe that the TAMU distribution allows this. TAMU isn't exactly cutting edge, and they have a rather small system. Not that TAMU isn't good, it just doesn't allow the same sorts of things that FreeBSD allows (eg, grab new sources via sup, and type make to update to the very latest). > Also, the many different distributions on Linux is confusing and adds > to the perception that it isn't quite there yet in terms of the > integration part of the project. FreeBSD has one place to get the > sources for the entire system, while I have to grab sources from > hither and yon for Linux. I can't grab n tar balls of source from > somewhere and expect one make command to compile and install the > system. > >Maybe when Linux development becomes as slow as FreeBSD development, >with as few people working on it, then Linux will only be on one >server too. This is pure flame bate. It is still a point in FreeBSD's favor. The development is anything bug "slow." The single point of contact for the core system makes FreeBSD look better due to the high level of integration that has gone into it (and NetBSD). I do understand how Linux got to the point that it is at now. I'm merely saying that if there was some way to grab, say, the sources to the latest slackware release by sup, type make and have a new system, then this would stop being a point in FreeBSD's favor. Like I've said before, it makes the Linux distributions look just tossed together when it comes to source. They have improved quite a bit over the last year (when they merely look just tossed together). Finally, let me reiterate what I've said before: This isn't that big a deal. Both systems have their plusses and minuses. I, at this point in time, happen to prefer FreeBSD, but that doesn't make it better or worse than Linux. If you want to know which one is better for you, run both and chose the one you like better. They are about the same with difference areas where they shine. Warner -- Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder "... but I can't promote you to "Prima Donna" unless you demonstrate a few more serious personality disorders"