[UFO Chicago] Re: Brian's Conversion from FreeBSD to Debian andQuestions on X

Scott Lockwood wsl3 at lrsehosting.com
Tue May 9 08:58:33 PDT 2006


 

> -----Original Message-----
> Neil R. Ormos said:
> > Brian Sobolak wrote:
> > > I finally swtiched from FreeBSD to Linux full-time after five years.
> > What prompted this conversion?
> Good question.  No longer can I say "to impres chicks".
> The bit I've run of it so far surprises me.  /etc is a total mess, and I'm
sick of hearing 
> about free vs Free vs Not-Free.  I'm less interested in intellectually
pure software than 
> I am in software that works; FreeBSD imho placed a higher emphasis on
working than what type of license is employed.

Heh - Don't forget GNU/Linux vs Linux. At least the BSD's don't have people
like Stallman or ESR making us look kind of odd to the outside world.

Scott



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