gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Fwd: [Bug 132141] kernel doesn't know its own name--Best OS for gnupic
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Fwd: [Bug 132141] kernel doesn't know its own name--Best
OS for gnupic
From:
"Robert S. Sciuk" ####@####.####
Date:
13 May 2006 02:30:29 +0100
Message-Id: <20060512212309.Y99594@saddam.controlq.com>
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Dan Andersson wrote:
> And why pissing about with Linux at all when there is FreeBSD?
>
> The Important thing is that the operating system should be secondary to the
> apps we want to run. At the very moment the operating system or different
> Linux variants makes a difference, it's eith a flawed app or a flawed OS.
>
> You need to make a choice, play with the kernels or do some work with PIC's...
> If the OS is good enough to run the apps - it's subsequently not broken.
>
> If it's not broken, don't mend it...
>
>
> That's a full £ of my thoughts, not just 0.02 Cents
Actually, that's good advice. I've long ago decided that the BSD distros
had some significant advantages over any number of Linux distros, and the
fact that there are only 3 forks of BSD rather than the n Linux distros
seem to show that they have covered their respective territory quite
well:
OpenBSD -- security
NetBSD -- portability
FreeBSD -- originally the best i386 OS, and now ported to a
number of different architectures ... so now, likely
the most complete, and best PORTS package available.
I suggest that if you are reconsidering your Linux distro that you try
FreeBSD as a solid alternative. As I type this, I'm using the latest
FreeBSD (6.1) release on a freshly installed HP Omnibook 4150 (old).
Works GREAT!
HTH ...
Cheers,
Rob.
