Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?
Well, thanks for all the replies. I didn't mean to rub anybody the wrong way, and if I did, I'm sorry. :-P Up until now, I've basically been running FreeBSD more or less like just another Linux distro, and was beginning to wonder if I was really missing out on something by doing that. That, and I thought I'd give the fanboys a chance to praise their pet OS. :-) Overall, it sounds like I was on the right track, though. FreeBSD has its pros and cons, but it's fundamentally just another Unix-like system. Which is a good thing! ;-) For the record, I really, really, like Debian (and now Ubuntu). I understand that there are packages that allow the Debian packaging system to run on top of the FreeBSD kernel, and I'll definitely have try that out sometime. Anyway, FreeBSD is great, and I'll keep playing with it. :-) William ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's so compelling about FreeBSD?
Okay. I've installed FreeBSD on my desktop. I got KDE working, and Amor is running so I have a little daemon sitting on my window. I can mount my USB card reader and open the pictures from my digital camera in Gimp. I can browse the web in Firefox. I even compiled my own kernel so that I'm all 1337. :-) Overall, I like FreeBSD--the kernel build process felt a lot smoother than Linux, the /boot and /sys file heirarchies makes more sense to me than /boot and /usr/src under Linux, and the /dev heirarchy seems sane, though it's still pretty alien to me. So far, everything I do under Linux I can do under FreeBSD. FreeBSD is nice, but I haven't seen anything really *compelling* about it. FreeBSD might be more stable as a server, but for my desktop Linux has proven more than stable enough. (X crashes sometimes, but FreeBSD can't really fix that.) The extra file flags look intersting, but otherwise I haven't seen anything that I can do under FreeBSD that I can't with Linux. So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back. William Tracy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Logitech optical mouse w/ scroll wheel
Hello, I thought I'd document my experiences with my Logitech optical USB mouse under FreeBSD 6.1 release 1 so that maybe it will help the next person hunting with Google. :-) First off, the moused configuration in sysinstall gave me a headache. Whenever I tried to test a configuration, the cursor would flicker onscreen then disappear before I could move the mouse. In frustration, I selected the option that I thought should work, selected Yes, the mouse moves, then shut the computer off. When I booted FreeBSD the next day, the mouse worked, and I was off on my way to configuring Xorg. Next issue: Once I had X up, the mousewheel didn't work. KDE recognized all three buttons (the mousewheel being the middle button), but didn't recognize wheel scroll events. I dredged deep through Google's search results, and found this: http://www.daemonnews.org/mailinglists/FreeBSD/freebsd-x11/msg00017.html I followed the directions, rebooted (I always screw up when I try to manually kill daemons--feisty little buggers) and joy came to me that I would not have to go back to Ubuntu for my mouse to work right. (Incidentally, the mouse wheel has worked fine under every Linux distro I've tried except Slackware. Even Gentoo magically detected it. Go figure.) William ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logitech optical mouse w/ scroll wheel
I thought I'd document my experiences with my Logitech optical USB mouse under FreeBSD 6.1 release 1 so that maybe it will help the next person hunting with Google. :-) Actually, I guess that's FreeBSD 6.1 release 0. :-P ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
