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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Ultimate BSD PC Hardware Setup Date: 4 Oct 1995 15:36:14 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 44 Message-ID: <44u9le$3j9@helena.MT.net> References: <44q671$eu9@shell1.best.com> <MICHAELV.95Oct3224549@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7126 comp.unix.bsd.misc:264 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5736 comp.os.386bsd.questions:17631 comp.unix.bsd:16728 In article <MICHAELV.95Oct3224549@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote: >In article <44q671$eu9@shell1.best.com> rcarter@best.com (Russell Carter) writes: >For some reason, Mr. Carter has taken it upon himself to attack me >personally, and repeatedly. Don't know what I did to get his shorts >all in a knot... While I don't agree with the tone of this, I do want to point out what I believe to be some mis-leading statements. >I have never once told someone to run NetBSD instead of FreeBSD in a >public forum. Well.... >Show me a single post in the last month in this group where I >recommended running NetBSD instead of FreeBSD. I looked, but my server had expired it. Basically, the gist of it was 'real' unix types run NetBSD cause they like having to hack the snot out of the machine just to install it. It implied that 'real' users don't use anything but NetBSD, but if you want it easy because you aren't a 'real' unix guru you could settle for FreeBSD. This is a recommendation to anyone who considers themselves a unix guru or unix guru wannabe. Note, I'm *splitting* hairs here, but none the less it can be construed as recommending NetBSD. As a guru in the making, I consider running/developing FreeBSD enough 'hacking' w/out having to beat my head against the wall to be a real guru. 'Nuff said. Nate ps. I've had a heck of a time getting email to HeadCandy.com in the past, I hope it's fixed now. -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. Wanna go fly fishing? I don't charge or home #: (406) 443-7063 | feed you, but I do know the area pretty well.