On 5/30/12, David Chisnall <thera...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > This is off-topic, so please feel free to disregard it, but I'm sending it > to this list in the hope that it will reach a largish number of users. > > I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which > advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd like > to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using FreeBSD. If you had > to list the three things you most like about FreeBSD, which would you pick? > Are they the same as when you first started using it?
Hi! Likes (sorry, not only 3 item): ---------------------------------------------------------- 1) FreeBSD is NOT Linux = FreeBSD is stable, reliable, simple (there are no automated brainfucks... like udev, hal and dbus in base system) 2) has a clean source, and FreeBSD is maintainable: if there are a working driver in N+2 version, I have a much bigger chance, that working in N too 3) is highly configurable (~ 1) ), I like rc.conf and sysctl (linux's procfs and sysfs is a chaos ...) 4) FreeBSD has a ports system, that contained KDE3 5) well documented 6) not fragmented as Linux, (relation to many distro, that not have idea/goal) 7) not GPL 8) FreeBSD is a complete system, and not just a kernel + random thing from everywhere, and not hackish Are they the same as when you first started using it? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- yes > > David_______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
