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[Jesus Cash]

Mandrake was my Linux as choice as well. I totally see what you mean. 
These major distros are getting to be just like MS. Proprietary and 
bloated. I've mentioned this before, but I tried install Red Hat 9 on my 
dinky laptop, thinking I could just strip it down to basics. Nope, just 
said your computer is crap and can't install Red Hat 9.  Once I can get 
some working floppies (mine all crapped out when I carried them 
unprotected in my laptop bag) I'll install FreeBSD on it. Maybe I'll try 
my hand at loading OS/2 (I'm a little worried about trying to run 
XFree86 or any desktop on it).

-B

RexFelis wrote:

>Here's another example why I use FreeBSD now...
>
>Why does it have to be such a hassle for me to
>install a single program that I need under Linux?
> I was trying to make custom recorded audio CDs
>(not music CDs), like I used to in Win98 using
>Voyetra's software.  I looked around and found
>Audacity.  It looked good... but Linux Mandrake
>made me crazy with dependencies.  FreeBSD just
>downloaded and installed them.  3.5 days of
>frustration in Linux, 35 minutes of surfing the
>web while the program was downloaded, patched,
>custom compiled and installed on FreeBSD.
>
>Linux seems to be heading in a couple of
>directions I disagree with.  Dependency hell
>whenever you try to do what YOU want to do is one
>of them.  (Mandrake works great as long as you
>only use Mandrake-prepackaged software.)  The
>other is the growing commercialization of the
>major distros.  I don't want shareholders telling
>me how to run my computer!
>
>I agree with JC, FreeBSD is fun.  I was having
>fun with Linux, until I realized what fun really
>is.  :)  Freedom is always more fun.
>
>Shannon
>
>--- Jesus Cash <jesuscash at cox.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>I'm pretty much in the same boat as Shannon
>>here. Maybe not as advanced 
>>in Linux, but there was just something in Linux
>>that I felt was off. 
>>I've been telling people I've never said I love
>>an OS before, but I love 
>>FreeBSD.
>>
>>As for learning curve? What learning curve? :P
>>I pretty much just threw 
>>myself in and have been figuring stuff out for
>>myself. Most importantly, 
>>it's been a FUN learning experience.
>>
>>-B
>>
>>    
>>
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