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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!tombstone.kent.edu!Phoenix!gbutler From: gbutler@Phoenix.kent.edu (Butler Gerald E ) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Date: 29 Nov 1995 21:31:21 GMT Organization: Kent State University Information Systems Lines: 55 Message-ID: <49ijf9$9rc@tombstone.kent.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajue$3h6@muirwood.convex.com> <poulosioDI20sJ.5vz@netcom.com> <48buod$cue@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <4972bn$psq@bell.maths.tcd.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.kent.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29315 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9849 comp.unix.advocacy:11759 comp.unix.misc:19857 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8920 I've been following this line of argument and counter-argument ( or if you prefer, insult and counter-insult ) and felt I absolutely had to comment. As a relatively new Linux user I have had my difficulties setting up and configuring Linux. Not only am I new to Linux, but also new to UNIX. My distribution of Linux came on a 4 CD-ROM set from Infomagic. Over the last 3 1/2 months I've managed, with a little sweat and elbow grease, to install Linux on my home machine, get X-windows running ( on a Diamond video card ) and use the gcc compilers for various projects for school. My experience with Linux has been nothing short of an incredibly educational and challenging hobby/job. I would urge anyone using Linux for the first time to not immediately expect Linux to be viable for your needs, but, to learn from it. Recently, ( in the last few days ), I was able to set up a Linux box at work on our ethernet to act as a Nameserver, Mailserver and SLIP server. Also, I've integrated all of this alongside Novell 4.1 with TCP/IP 2.1. In doing so I was able to save Kent State Universities department of Residence Services over $20,000 on their cost estimates for turning the office LAN into a Class-C subnet on the Universities NEW fiber-optic back- bone. As a student employee, the experience will be a great assest to my resume when I graduate. My appreciation goes out to the entire Linux community, to which I am looking forward to becoming an active participant in. The point of all of this is : Don't waste your time replying and/or flaming the likes of this unappreciative, vulgar, and probably untalented individual. LINUX is a great operating system, and will only continue to get better. Well that's just my 2 cents. Thanks, Gerald Butler gbutler@res.kent.edu. Timothy Murphy (tim@maths.tcd.ie) wrote: : poulosio@netcom.com (Mad Max) writes: : >CLUE: I did get one of my CD drives to be seen by Linux, but Slackware : >ver.3 is also fucked. : I've been using Slackware 3.0 continually since it came out, : and I have had absolutely no problems. : If you stopped using bad language, : and tried to explain your difficulty in rational terms, : you would probably find there is a simple solution. : -- : Timothy Murphy : e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie : tel: +353-1-2842366 : s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland