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FreeBSD September-October 2002 Development Status
mbadolato writes "A new status report documenting the latest goings on in FreeBSD has been published. There's some good information n there about the features for the upcoming 5.0 release. BTW, there happens to be a lot of stuff going in there for something that is, according to the trolls, dead! ;-)"
I can't wait for this release. It should rock, the new features like SMPng and other's should be cool..
And to top off it, background fsck!
Free means no restrictions, ironic the FSF's GPL forces restrictions, isn't it? What's your definition of free?
You should edit your preferences so that BSD-related topics don't show up on your front page.
Isn't that nice? Technology is amazing!
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
Well, Windows certainly has better applications available. I started using Windows 2000 about a year ago, and there are 5 major (among many other minor issues) things I miss most:
1) I have to reboot for almost every patch and software install. The software installation part isn't as bad as it was with Windows 95, but I'm spoiled from Unix.
2) I don't know what's going on in Windows. I have no clue. I'm not a geek, but I feel much more comfortable editing text files than working my way through a confusing GUI. I *know* what's going on with FreeBSD, particularly because its documentation (OS documentation, *not* applications) is pretty damn good.
3) EULAs. I'm almost ready to go back to FreeBSD despite needing some Windows Applications because Microsoft is always doing something stupid with the EULAs. SP3 anyone?
4. Viruses! Good god, do you know how I check email in Outlook Express? I view the source of each email to make sure someone hasn't attached a virus / executable file. Maybe this isn't so relevant anymore because of all the Unix exploits recently, but at least mutt was pretty safe.
5. Make world. I don't know why I liked doing it so much, but I used to make world once a week. That someone as anti-geek as me can recompile the entire operating system says a lot towards the straightforwardness of FreeBSD. Updates in general were nicer on FreeBSD.
But hey, I can use Photoshop now, I can watch DVDs, play some games, use a decent GUI that is at the very least consistent, and best of all, do my home recording.
Um, look into atapicam. It's in -STABLE right now, and has been in -CURRENT for even longer. (I'm assuming you're talking about being able to use cdrecord on ide cd-r(w)'s)