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FreeBSD 10-Year Anniversary Tonight

Posted by timothy on from the you-are-surrounded-by-pretty-screens dept.

regs writes "There's a free 10-year anniversary party for FreeBSD tonight. Should be an interesting place to meet-and-greet. The venue is jwz's wonderful nightclub, The DNA Lounge. Of course, if you're not in the Bay Area to start with, you probably can't make it." Bearing that in mind ...

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  1. PIty I wasn't Paying Attention by szyzyg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Being a BSD user who's also a profesisonal DJ in the Bay area..... it might have been appropriate.
    Hey, I'd even put on my BSD daemon outfit I wore while performing for halloween

    Then again I use linux too.

  2. Holy shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What do you poor *BSD people do to deserve this? All the trolls, I mean. I guess there is no denying there are a lot of bad attitudes, but is it so much worse than the Linux community?

    Although this is surely its more than one poor idiot who got a one liner patch to ls rejected and has a chip on his shoulder. Then again, maybe not - I underestimate the power of the nerd scorned...

  3. Ridiculous by Shaklee39 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is getting out of hand, the last 30 or so comments have all been bsd is dying trolls. Maybe censorship isn't such a bad thing?

    1. Re:Ridiculous by Shanep · · Score: 1

      This is getting out of hand, the last 30 or so comments have all been bsd is dying trolls. Maybe censorship isn't such a bad thing?

      I didn't know about these particular trolls today until I read your post (I am browsing at 1). So I guess a person censoring what they want to see is probably best.

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    2. Re:Ridiculous by Shanep · · Score: 1

      censoring what they want to see

      Oops, sorry. Should be "censoring what they don't want to see".

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      War crimes, torture, lies, illegal spying... Would someone give Bush a blowjob, already, so he can be impeached?
  4. I don't understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Would some one please clue me in to why people have such a negative view of BSD's? I just dont understand. I use FreeBSD for something every day, and it has'nt failed on me yet.

  5. This is inexplainable by grilo · · Score: 1

    If *BSD is so bad, why do people keep trolling it and trying to bash it, and say "oh, look, our linsux/winblows is better than *BSD".

    It's about time people start getting a grip!

    I for one would like to have the financial resources to allow myself an indulgency as to participate in BSD's 10 years party.

  6. We will not miss much ;) by raghuram · · Score: 2, Informative

    I guess we will not miss much, atleast if you have a broadband lying around. http://www.dnalounge.com/cam/ and watch the live webcast.

    I better grab my beer from the fridge.

    Ram.

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    -ram
  7. why bother? by thehive · · Score: 1

    If all the people crying above about BSD being dead why bother about it, why write about? If you people think your favourite OS is better than BSD think again, since i don't think windows, linux or BSD are the cutting edge OS'es. As for *BSD is dying. The latest Netcraft survey shows over 2 million active sites, and almost 4 million active hostnames all running on FreeBSD. Combined with the report that 5 of the top 10 hosting companies in terms of reliability were FreeBSD based.

    1. Re:why bother? by kirkjobsluder · · Score: 1

      Well, it looks like the trolls have had their desired response. After all, there are more posts about the trolls than about the party.

  8. Wish I could be there.. by rf0 · · Score: 1

    but at that time I will be safely tucked up in bed. Anyway way to go FreeBSD. Have a drink on me

    Rus

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  9. I just hope by the+real+darkskye · · Score: 1

    that all the cvs trees have had a code freeze before the party starts and for the rest of the week, I don't want no drunken/hungover commits breaking my builds ;)

    WTG FreeBSD, have a 10 year old single malt from the 51st State

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    Music is everybody's possession.
    It's only publishers who think that people own it.
    Fuck Beta
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    1. Re:I just hope by Carnildo · · Score: 1

      Which 51st state is that?

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      "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
    2. Re:I just hope by the+real+darkskye · · Score: 1

      The one on the other side of the Atlantic Pond, known as The Untided Kingdom ... or was it United, I forget

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      Music is everybody's possession.
      It's only publishers who think that people own it.
      Fuck Beta
      ~John Lenno
  10. Re:DNA Lounge & BSD by gr · · Score: 1

    That's okay.

    I'm pretty sure they don't like you either, based on what they were saying on IRC about the music requests at the FBSD party...

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