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From: robert@slip.cc.uq.oz.au (Robert Brockway)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Impression
Date: 24 Dec 1995 10:52:36 GMT
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: i run linux at home, and FreeBSD at work. i like 'em both. freebsd is
: very stable, very predictable, very uniform from machine to machine. and
: the ports/packages stuff is great -- if somethings been ported, or made
: into a package, you _know_ it will run, as opposed to the linux anarchy
: where binaries are tailored for the machine of the person that built it,
: and may or may not be suitable for your particular setup/release/distribution/
: share-lib release level.
Linux is only as dependent on setup, with regard to a binary not running, as
any other Unix. With the file system standard, the problem that a necessary
file isn't found in the right place is disappearing. This problem is,
however, nearly non-existant anyway, as most applications setup their own
config files,etc when they are conpiled/installed.
If the lib version is wrong u can get problems under any Unix. These things
are not Linux specific. It is always a good idea to keep old libs around.
Merry Christmas all,
-Robert
--Robert Brockway, email: ec531667@student.uq.edu.au
WWW: http://student.uq.edu.au/~ec531667
Linux the choice of a Gnu generation