actually, there is only one main runlevel in BSD, multiuser with network and stuff.
typing init 1 for example (this is sysV style, just for compatibility and easy-to-useness) drops you into single user.
init 6 reboots the machine, init 0 halts it.
apart from that, there are no runlevels 2, 3, 4, 5 like in sysV unix.
good point. but then, i for myself like to support the minority;) 10M users are Linux, 2M users are freebsd. and to prevent that everyone will do just like they did with windows (you know, monopoly), it's better to support the minority, if one is good enough to deal with thedifficulties that make the system be in the minority;)
as for the applications, there are lots of apps available, and i for myself havent yet NOT found an app i needed. i even got star office running. but one problem is the realplayer.
getting the linux version run as a plugin with the freebsd native netscape communicator sucks. its a horror of symlinks combined with the horror of the directories in compat/linux.
brrr. but at least, there arent any distro wars like in the linux world. and linux has gone FAR to commercial and mainstream. i mean, look at the banners of SuSE 6.4...thats DISGUSTING!
hell, which version of freebsd did you use? a snapshot of -current int times of 2.X? i used to have RH 6.1, and after some months i went to freebsd 4.0 release. the installation was smooth, it ran smoothly, and i haven't had a single problem;-) i think linux is indeed a poor copy of UNIX, although it is nice and coo to use. but i think freebsd 4.0 is a lot cooler, although i find it a hell more difficult to configure (since 4.1 RC 1 i just cant get natd/ipfw to work correctly. damnit). as far as i have used fbsd, it is a lot faster than 'linux', which, as you all know, is just the kernel.
i believe suse is a nice distribution for the real newbies to linux, YAST and SAX make everything damn easy, it has never been that simple to set up a linux system without having read some sort of literature about linux. i know it, i did it, i am new to linux (august 99, although i would have set up a linux system 2 years ago, if my HDD wasnt only 1,5GB...) and i only had really minor problems.
but then, suse is a bit too simple after a certain period of time, but it tends to become even MORE easy to use with every new version. i dont know if i like this fact, the graphical YAST 2 is too damn simple! what differs linux from other OSs (except that it is almost free of charge) is the fact that you had to be good, to know something about your system, to know what you want, to a pro of a certain degree.
nothing of this anymore, everythings just NEXT, YES, I AGREE, OK, OK, OK, FINISH (REBOOT NOW/LATER). sad(not to mention the RPMs!!) i believe Red Hat is a bit more advanced that Suse, and the real pros use Debian, dont they?
today, it doesnt mean that much anymore if you can say, 'I use Linux'. 'So what, its just like win98'.....
unlike it was in 'e Mail for you', almost every TV show/movie about the internet is about.)Hackers, stealing Top Secret Infoz.)Pornography, and.)ChatRooms (not even IRCs, as if chatting is the only one thing normal users can do on the net). what a shame, the mainstream media is quite f*cked up. btw: in which way is NBC related with television? (Al Bundy)
yeah, remember movies like 'The Net', 'Hackers'(h4X0rZ:-)) and 'Sneakers'? all those cool 3D Rendered OSs and animations? there, look, a file is being accessed, it moves from left to right side of screen while rotating around. lol, those movies are great. and all those colors in Hackers (huh, that one guy was sprying his keyboard, and it did still work afterwards:-)). i laugh my ass off. haha.
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Ah don't get caught by these lame '*BSD is dying' posts. They have been around for at least 2 years now, and BSD is far away from dying.
The 'latest netcraft' is actually dated over 1 year back I think, so don't give a damn about it.
FreeBSD is getting better from day to day. It will take over the world some day.
actually, there is only one main runlevel in BSD, multiuser with network and stuff.
typing init 1 for example (this is sysV style, just for compatibility and easy-to-useness) drops you into single user.
init 6 reboots the machine, init 0 halts it.
apart from that, there are no runlevels 2, 3, 4, 5 like in sysV unix.
good point. but then, i for myself like to support the minority ;) 10M users are Linux, 2M users are freebsd. and to prevent that everyone will do just like they did with windows (you know, monopoly), it's better to support the minority, if one is good enough to deal with thedifficulties that make the system be in the minority ;)
as for the applications, there are lots of apps available, and i for myself havent yet NOT found an app i needed. i even got star office running. but one problem is the realplayer.
getting the linux version run as a plugin with the freebsd native netscape communicator sucks. its a horror of symlinks combined with the horror of the directories in compat/linux.
brrr.
but at least, there arent any distro wars like in the linux world. and linux has gone FAR to commercial and mainstream. i mean, look at the banners of SuSE 6.4...thats DISGUSTING!
hell, which version of freebsd did you use? a snapshot of -current int times of 2.X? i used to have RH 6.1, and after some months i went to freebsd 4.0 release. the installation was smooth, it ran smoothly, and i haven't had a single problem ;-) i think linux is indeed a poor copy of UNIX, although it is nice and coo to use. but i think freebsd 4.0 is a lot cooler, although i find it a hell more difficult to configure (since 4.1 RC 1 i just cant get natd/ipfw to work correctly. damnit). as far as i have used fbsd, it is a lot faster than 'linux', which, as you all know, is just the kernel.
wtf? i thought arnie was a T-800 and patrick was the T-1000? at least in the german translation. i am quite certain about this.
i believe suse is a nice distribution for the real newbies to linux, YAST and SAX make everything damn easy, it has never been that simple to set up a linux system without having read some sort of literature about linux. i know it, i did it, i am new to linux (august 99, although i would have set up a linux system 2 years ago, if my HDD wasnt only 1,5GB...) and i only had really minor problems.
but then, suse is a bit too simple after a certain period of time, but it tends to become even MORE easy to use with every new version. i dont know if i like this fact, the graphical YAST 2 is too damn simple!
what differs linux from other OSs (except that it is almost free of charge) is the fact that you had to be good, to know something about your system, to know what you want, to a pro of a certain degree.
nothing of this anymore, everythings just NEXT, YES, I AGREE, OK, OK, OK, FINISH (REBOOT NOW/LATER). sad(not to mention the RPMs!!) i believe Red Hat is a bit more advanced that Suse, and the real pros use Debian, dont they?
today, it doesnt mean that much anymore if you can say, 'I use Linux'. 'So what, its just like win98'.....
unlike it was in 'e Mail for you', almost every TV show/movie about the internet is about .)Hackers, stealing Top Secret Infoz .)Pornography, and .)ChatRooms (not even IRCs, as if chatting is the only one thing normal users can do on the net). what a shame, the mainstream media is quite f*cked up. btw: in which way is NBC related with television? (Al Bundy)
yeah, remember movies like 'The Net', 'Hackers'(h4X0rZ:-)) and 'Sneakers'? all those cool 3D Rendered OSs and animations? there, look, a file is being accessed, it moves from left to right side of screen while rotating around. lol, those movies are great. and all those colors in Hackers (huh, that one guy was sprying his keyboard, and it did still work afterwards :-)). i laugh my ass off. haha.