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FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE Reviewed

Posted by michael on Friday October 17, 2003 @05:31AM from the other-white-meat dept.

ValourX writes "Here's a full review of FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE complete with screen shots, a short comparison with GNU/Linux, and some notes on migrating to FreeBSD from Windows and GNU/Linux."

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~/.signature by Mad+Marlin · 2003-10-17 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a rather amusing e-mail signature I saw recently:
Microsoft: Where do you want to go today?
Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow?
FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what?

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Re:Link to files by arcanumas · 2003-10-17 05:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Thank you. Google was tough to use, The FreeBSD site keeps them secret and the Internet is too difficult for me.
I would have never been able to find this if not for you....

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"...is not simple, but it is easy..." by sjonke · 2003-10-17 05:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Updating is "not simple, but it is easy"

In addition FreeBSD is not convoluted, but it is complicated. It is not slow, but it is lethargic. Lastly, it is not painful, but it is agonizing.

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Sarcasm detected by big_groo · 2003-10-17 05:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Apparently some moderators have yet to upgrade to 'Sarcasm 0.94a'.

swaret --upgrade Sarcasm
Re:Screenshots by Bingo+Foo · 2003-10-17 06:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Here you go:
login:

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Re:What the hell is he talking about? by apachetoolbox · 2003-10-17 07:47 · Score: 2, Funny

/jesus/ do /you/ know /how/ annoying /that/ is /?/