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Depenguinator "Upgrades" Linux to BSD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-creapy dept.

cperciva writes "Many systems around the world have been possessed by penguins and dead rats. It would be nice to exorcize these evil spirits, but this can be difficult without physical access to the machines in question. Thanks to a new depenguinator, it is now possible to upgrade Linux systems to run FreeBSD 5.x without requiring anything more than an SSH connection." Clever idea.

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  1. Having Used the latest FreeBSD (5.2(r2)) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    Having used the latest FreeBSD which I say is probably more together as a group than the NetBSD (Which I've also used) I'm not impressed.

    the *BSD's just don't have the polish of a Linux especially not the speed with the advent of the 2.6 kernel.

    Sorry, for certain, specialized server stuff I've no problem recommending *BSD, for a workstation, I take Linux and don't look back

  2. I'll bite. (Sorry, can't resist) by Qbertino · · Score: 1, Troll

    Gee, that's a cool thing.
    Only one question: Just who would want to install a dead OS?

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  3. Bah. by Enahs · · Score: 1, Troll

    As far as I'm concerned, this is further proof that BSD zealots are far worse (and less trustworthy) than Linux zealots.

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  4. But no similar utility for Windows. by OrangeTide · · Score: 1, Troll

    Unfortunetly I did not see something like Depenguinator for windows. Again the FreeBSD crowd attacks Linux and ignores windows. Maybe old Linux users is their only market share.

    And my FreeBSD friends wonder why I'd rather run NetBSD on my systems. Maybe it's because politically Linux and NetBSD users can coexist. Or maybe it's because NetBSD is in "full production" on more architectures than FreeBSD. (many times more, including architectures I don't use).

    *waits for some OpenBSD person to post how great they think OpenBSD is*

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  5. parent funny, mod++ by fforw · · Score: 0, Troll

    no i am not lame

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  6. Re:You have been rooted, welcome to BSD by macdaddy357 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't get it! Didn't Netcraft confirm that BSD is dying?

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