The European Union isn't just a trade union;
European Union citizens can move freely within the EU the same way as you would it in the US or Canada.
There are EU laws. Remember the Microsoft case in the EU?
If you're European, you have the right to vote in the European polls.
There are some things to fix, though such as having one voice overseas regarding international issues, recognizing all the languages present in the EU member states but having English as the official one, and well, I think European kings should be kicked out of the EU.
Apple should have launched iTunes in the whole EU.
If you're using MSN (R) Explorer (R), you would get unlimited space* for storing your email messages, pictures and Word (R) documents(R).
*Restricted to your hard disk's free space.
*documents(R) is about to be a registered trademark of Microsoft(R). Microsoft(R) is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved for you to use.
In this article, Ed Hurst talks about installing software from the ports and using joe.
However, he doesn't talk about portinstall, a tool that makes installing software from the ports much easier.
What is the best way to stop this?
Trying to rally skeptics on both sides of the Atlantic, President Bush said Saturday that the war on spam is the "challenge of our time" and insisted that bitter disputes among U.S. allies over the war on spammers were dissolving.
Apple's Mac OS X is based on open source software such as FreeBSD, you can also install XFree86, Apache, etc. Thanks to FreeBSD-based Mac OS X, Apple is more open than ever. Now it's easier to port Unix apps to OS X. I don't think using BSDL'ed apps leads to incompatible versions of a product.
A rationally greedy company doesn't like to reveal secrets. They want to be free to do whatever they like (link it with other no-BSDL'ed apps, propietary or not, include it as propietary software, distribute the software as binary only and many other things). The GPL doesn't give that to them.
Releasing either or both Java and Solaris under the GPL would be a huge mistake. I guess Sun will release them under a custom license a la Apple or under a BSD-style license.
Well, thanks to something that happened in the past there's the Internet today and anyone using any OS can connect to it. Isn't that nice?
Not all FreeBSD users and developers think the same way. You may find some using both a Linux distribution and FreeBSD, some are friendly, etc. It's pretty much the same story as with many other things. This is not a religion. Please don't generalize.
You're saying it by yourself. Linux itself is not a complete OS. It's just a kernel. There's no problem about saying how things really are. IMHO, FreeBSD is much faster than any OS for PCs. If you wanna see it by yourself, just try it. It's free.;) www.freebsd.org
Linux by itself is not a complete OS. You need GNU tools + BSD tools to have a complete OS.
Linux is a Unix-clone.
Most stuff isn't the same. The FreeBSD OS is not the same as the Linux kernel and GNU tools. It boots up much faster, shutdowns much faster, and, generally speaking, most apps run faster.
When I was saying it doesn't come with a particular browser pre-installed I was referring to Windows.;)
Yes, the songs found in the FreeBSD songbook are funny.
Why should I be using a Unix-clone (aka Linux distribution) when there's FreeBSD?
Wrong! Not all apps are being developed for a Linux distro. In fact, Firefox is being developed in Windows and later is ported to other OSes. Apache is being developed in FreeBSD. Most Linux distributions (if not all) are using many stuff from FreeBSD and saying it's a Linux app and not saying where it comes from. Nasty, uh? GNU doesn't have everything so they have to take some userland tools from other OSes (*BSD mostly).
One problem with one Linux distribution? Wrong, gnorw, wrong! The latest version of the Linux kernel has a very annoying bug... it doesn't detect correctly your hd's geometry and messes it up so you can't boot up Windows. So using ANY Linux distro with that kernel will give you problems. Maybe RMS introduced it as he wants everything to be GPL... a monopoly in the open source world! So, like Nas says in his "You can" song, read more learn!
Well, there are FreeBSD developers working on FreeBSD and getting paid for that. John Hubbard, Poul-Henning Kamp, etc.
Linux: more unstable drivers, some stable drivers taken from FreeBSD, fragmented distributions, what it works on Linux distro A might not work on Linux distro B (even using the same package management like RPM!), full of politics, etc.
Virtually none of the FOSS apps are primarily targed on *BSD? Uhmm... once again, read more learn. It seems you don't give a damn about *BSD. It's OK, but please don't talk about something you don't know you. Thanks to BSD Unix and its friendly licence the TCP/IP (and the Internet) was born. Many commands you use on your lovely Linux distro have been taken from FreeBSD, vi was born BSD Unix, Apache was born on FreeBSD, XFree86 was born on FreeBSD, etc. Go get a O'Reilly book about Linux and you'll read... what's a Linux distribution? Linux distribution = Linux kernel + GNU tools + BSD tools. Repeat with me... read more learn, you don't have to be gangstas,...
It's a complete OS.
It's not a clone.
Everything runs faster.
It doesn't mess up with your MBR.
It does not come with a particular browser pre-installed. It's always fun to run FreeBSD.
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The European Union isn't just a trade union;
European Union citizens can move freely within the EU the same way as you would it in the US or Canada.
There are EU laws. Remember the Microsoft case in the EU?
If you're European, you have the right to vote in the European polls.
There are some things to fix, though such as having one voice overseas regarding international issues, recognizing all the languages present in the EU member states but having English as the official one, and well, I think European kings should be kicked out of the EU.
Apple should have launched iTunes in the whole EU.
If you're using MSN (R) Explorer (R), you would get unlimited space* for storing your email messages, pictures and Word (R) documents(R).
*Restricted to your hard disk's free space.
*documents(R) is about to be a registered trademark of Microsoft(R). Microsoft(R) is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved for you to use.
Wow, for just $19.95/year you get a 10 MB inbox.
Or maybe it's because everyone is working silently the same way as FreeBSD servers; doing their jobs, not giving problems.
There are only 2 true facts:
1. Your post is a troll.
2. You're an anonymous coward.
In this article, Ed Hurst talks about installing software from the ports and using joe.
However, he doesn't talk about portinstall, a tool that makes installing software from the ports much easier.
Well, you can buy a *BSD sampler at www.cheapbytes.com/
I don't know if they sell Linux samplers.
What is the best way to stop this?
Trying to rally skeptics on both sides of the Atlantic, President Bush said Saturday that the war on spam is the "challenge of our time" and insisted that bitter disputes among U.S. allies over the war on spammers were dissolving.
If you don't like monopolistic behaviors, then you shouldn't like the GPL, and therefore the Linux kernel and GNU tools.
;)
If you like Unix, you should try a true Unix such as FreeBSD. It's free and its Handbook is well-written
www.freebsd.org
Apple's Mac OS X is based on open source software such as FreeBSD, you can also install XFree86, Apache, etc. Thanks to FreeBSD-based Mac OS X, Apple is more open than ever. Now it's easier to port Unix apps to OS X. I don't think using BSDL'ed apps leads to incompatible versions of a product. A rationally greedy company doesn't like to reveal secrets. They want to be free to do whatever they like (link it with other no-BSDL'ed apps, propietary or not, include it as propietary software, distribute the software as binary only and many other things). The GPL doesn't give that to them.
How funny! If FreeBSD runs realllly slow on that computer, imagine trying to compile Gentoo Linux...
Uhm... If FreeBSD is realllly slow, then it's time buy a new computer.
Releasing either or both Java and Solaris under the GPL would be a huge mistake. I guess Sun will release them under a custom license a la Apple or under a BSD-style license.
Even with all that automated stuff some employers will still prefer having people caring about their systems.
Well, thanks to something that happened in the past there's the Internet today and anyone using any OS can connect to it. Isn't that nice?
Not all FreeBSD users and developers think the same way. You may find some using both a Linux distribution and FreeBSD, some are friendly, etc. It's pretty much the same story as with many other things. This is not a religion. Please don't generalize.
You're saying it by yourself. Linux itself is not a complete OS. It's just a kernel. There's no problem about saying how things really are. IMHO, FreeBSD is much faster than any OS for PCs. If you wanna see it by yourself, just try it. It's free. ;)
www.freebsd.org
Linux by itself is not a complete OS. You need GNU tools + BSD tools to have a complete OS.
;)
Linux is a Unix-clone.
Most stuff isn't the same. The FreeBSD OS is not the same as the Linux kernel and GNU tools. It boots up much faster, shutdowns much faster, and, generally speaking, most apps run faster.
When I was saying it doesn't come with a particular browser pre-installed I was referring to Windows.
Yes, the songs found in the FreeBSD songbook are funny.
The BSD daemon is much cooler than the penguin.
Not all OSes can have those uptimes. BTW, what you're saying about the uptime thing I guess it was resolved in the Linux kernel 2.6.x series.
Which packages did you try to install?
...
Why should I be using a Unix-clone (aka Linux distribution) when there's FreeBSD?
Wrong! Not all apps are being developed for a Linux distro. In fact, Firefox is being developed in Windows and later is ported to other OSes. Apache is being developed in FreeBSD. Most Linux distributions (if not all) are using many stuff from FreeBSD and saying it's a Linux app and not saying where it comes from. Nasty, uh? GNU doesn't have everything so they have to take some userland tools from other OSes (*BSD mostly).
One problem with one Linux distribution? Wrong, gnorw, wrong! The latest version of the Linux kernel has a very annoying bug... it doesn't detect correctly your hd's geometry and messes it up so you can't boot up Windows. So using ANY Linux distro with that kernel will give you problems. Maybe RMS introduced it as he wants everything to be GPL... a monopoly in the open source world! So, like Nas says in his "You can" song, read more learn!
Well, there are FreeBSD developers working on FreeBSD and getting paid for that. John Hubbard, Poul-Henning Kamp, etc.
Linux: more unstable drivers, some stable drivers taken from FreeBSD, fragmented distributions, what it works on Linux distro A might not work on Linux distro B (even using the same package management like RPM!), full of politics, etc.
Virtually none of the FOSS apps are primarily targed on *BSD? Uhmm... once again, read more learn. It seems you don't give a damn about *BSD. It's OK, but please don't talk about something you don't know you. Thanks to BSD Unix and its friendly licence the TCP/IP (and the Internet) was born. Many commands you use on your lovely Linux distro have been taken from FreeBSD, vi was born BSD Unix, Apache was born on FreeBSD, XFree86 was born on FreeBSD, etc. Go get a O'Reilly book about Linux and you'll read... what's a Linux distribution? Linux distribution = Linux kernel + GNU tools + BSD tools.
Repeat with me... read more learn, you don't have to be gangstas,
You should have installed FreeBSD It works and does what you tell it to do.
It's a complete OS.
It's not a clone.
Everything runs faster.
It doesn't mess up with your MBR.
It does not come with a particular browser pre-installed.
It's always fun to run FreeBSD.
FreeBSD and BSD/OS are beating any OS. Just visit Sites with longest running systems by average uptime.
...selling wireless routers with encryption turned off by default and DHCP turned on by default.
...the power of Unix. FreeBSD rocks!
I agree with you; the problem is the GPL.