2 Dec
2005
2 Dec
'05
6:40 a.m.
At 11:14 PM -0500 12/1/05, Scott Stevens wrote:
I moved from Slackware to NetBSD a number of years ago,
and just
recently gave OpenBSD a try. From my perspective, there's an
advantage in any of the BSDs
OpenBSD rocks! There is one downside to it though, and that's Theo,
he doesn't always stop to consider the damage some of his decisions
do in the short term.
Where I *really* like OpenBSD is on Sparc hardware, it will really
breath new life into old Sparc's. Unfortunately the last time I
checked, it still doesn't support multiple CPU's on Sparc Hardware.
I'd love to install it on one of my SparcStation 20/712's! Besides
the attention paid to making it secure, the other thing I really like
about it is that it tends to have very small RAM requirements.
There is also a slogan out there that sums it all up
nicely and/or
is obvious flamebait: "Linux is for people who hate Microsoft. BSD
is for people who love Unix."
I'll agree with that, sadly a lot of Linux users are blinded by their
hatred of Microsoft.
Still, my favorite Unix variants are probably Solaris, and IRIX.
Still to run some things, you simply need Linux.
Zane
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