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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!paladin.american.edu!jhunix1.hcf.jhu.edu!not-for-mail From: bogstad@news.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user (mere mortals shouldn't use FreeBSD?) Date: 2 Jun 1995 21:38:17 GMT Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Computer Sciene Department Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3qo0c9$1gh@jhunix1.hcf.jhu.edu> References: <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <D9K4Iz.BJM@midway.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.220.13.56 Keywords: Linux FreeBSD In article <D9K4Iz.BJM@midway.uchicago.edu>, Tim Pierce <twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: >In article <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie>, >Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: > >>From my experience I would have to say >>that FreeBSD is not presently in a state >>where it could reasonably be recommended to a non-guru -- >>as Linux can, in my view. >> >>May I suggest that something like the Linux guides (in LaTeX) >>and the Linux HOWTO documents >>is urgently needed by, and for, FreeBSD ? > >People who aren't ready to get their hands dirty shouldn't >be installing or administering Unix. Unfortunately, people who have the experience necessary to install and administer Unix systems aren't always that easy to find. People who want to use Unix on the other hand are more common. That might explain why all of the newer commercial Unix releases are either using menus for everything or automating the process. Be that as it may; I've been using, installing, and administering Unix systems since 1983 and I find Slackware Linux 2.2.* to be easier to deal with then FreeBSD 2.0R. It sounds like FreeBSD 2.0.5 will be better. Apparently someone on the FreeBSD development team disagrees with your sentiments and is trying to produce a system that mere mortals can use. I applaud these efforts even though I'll probably remain a happy Linux user. Bill Bogstad bogstad@cs.jhu.edu Computer Systems Manager