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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!junkie.gnofn.org!not-for-mail From: craig@gnofn.org (Craig Johnston) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 6 Feb 1997 04:17:46 -0600 Organization: Greater New Orleans Freenet Lines: 38 Message-ID: <5dcb4a$jem@junkie.gnofn.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5d94nk$p9n@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <5d9i3q$61h@junkie.gnofn.org> <5daa0m$on2@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: junkie.gnofn.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:83003 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2404 comp.os.linux.misc:157086 In article <5daa0m$on2@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Rajat Datta <rajat@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>>On 4 Feb 1997 17:01:45 -0600, Craig Johnston <craig@gnofn.org> wrote: >> >>Yes, the implication was that FreeBSD does not run on Alphas. I'll bet >>you went to a gifted school. > >Well, that's the point isn't it? On one hand you put Linux down for >having multiple distributions while FreeBSD has one, and on the other >hand you say you must switch from FreeBSD to a different distribution. No -- to a different OS. NetBSD is not a distribution of FreeBSD. Get it? The equivalent would be switching from Linux to NetBSD because you wanted VAX support. Are you switching to a different Linux distribution or a different OS? We'll go through it one more time: FreeBSD -- one OS, one distribution, no alpha support. NetBSD -- ANOTHER OS, one distribution (modulo machine-specific stuff), many platforms. Linux, a kernel, many distributions, support of a couple of platforms, more if you count stuff that doesn't work yet. >Sounds to me like you're being inconsistent. It's becoming apparent to me that it will sound to you exactly as you want it to sound. You're apparently so intent on having it your way you apparently can't read. OK -- NetBSD is now a distribution of FreeBSD and you are right. I'm being totally inconsistent. FreeBSD, NetBSD, what's the difference. I tried to slip it by you, but you weren't having any of it. Won't both respective core groups be surprised. >I also believe that criticizing Linux for having multiple >distributions, each of which have different target users in mind, is >stupid. As it is stupid to insist on having only one free *ix clone. Criticisms you don't like are customarily stupid.