On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:23:42 -0400 Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > >> > >> Am Freitag, 9. September 2011, 19:24:06 schrieb pk: > >>> > >>> On 2011-09-09 10:53, Dale wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Can I slap whoever started this? The more I think on this, the > >>>> worse it > >>> > >>> Yes Dale, you have my permission! And while you're at it, slap > >>> him from me too! ;-) > >>> > >>> It _may_ be this guy that's responsible for this crap: > >>> http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/users/58 > >>> > >>> Also: > >>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/16994 > >> > >> OMG! > >> What a mess. udev treats all exit-codes except 0 the same. > >> That's so bad, I have no words for it. > >> Definitely not a developer I trust to do things the right way. > >> > >>> PS. If things go "tits up" you may want to have a look at FreeBSD > >>> (or some other BSD). I'm quite sure they wouldn't put up with > >>> crap like this... I know I will investigate my options at least. > >> > >> Agree, FreeBSD is really a fine OS. > >> > >>> Best regards > >>> Peter K > >> > >> Thanks for the links, > >> regards, > >> Michael > >> > > > > I know one thing, BSD is secure as heck. I installed it once on a > > old rig and typed the password in wrong during setup. I never > > could get into that thing again. I had to start over. lol That > > is why I chose Linux in general. I want something that is secure > > enough that I don't have to worry about some script kiddie messing > > with me. > > > > BSD is one option I will be looking into if I move from Gentoo. > > After all, they are fairly close maybe even a step up. Especially > > now. > > Doesn't Gentoo have a BSD target? The problem here is with udev, which > doesn't apply to BSD, AFAIK. Gentoo/BSD might be a good direction to > go. > > Also, where does FreeBSD's kernel stand, with respect to device > drivers? There is a BSD target on Gentoo, but I don't know too much about it (I just use regular parts on my installs). It seems to suffer from lack of manpower, starting up and dying down occasionally. Which is a shame as it has huge potential but Linux grabs most of the limelight. Driver support is excellent. At least on server grade hardware everything I've ever bought just works, but I can't comment on desktop hardware. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
