also sprach nate <debian-user@aphroland.org> [2002.01.11.0152 +0100]: > i also don't like that packages install all to /usr/local. i can see > how ports would do this but i would expect software installed via > sysinstall to go to /usr i wouldn't, but its about as useful a discussion as which whisky is best. ports@freebsd.org - if you want to convince people. they aren't going to flame if you argue sensibly. > i avoid ports whenever i can. i use sysinstall to install binary > packages, but that can be a pain because the search function does not > work on any of the installs i've done. and it has to re download the > INDEX file everytime i use it, even if its only been 30 seconds since > i last used it. never used it. i use pkg_add. doesn't suffer from that. > i attempted to deploy OpenBSD firewalls but the eepro driver was not > stable on openbsd for the dual port chipset my systems had. openbsd > would panic after a few minutes under nil load doing NAT. openbsd > mailing list never responded to my questions. openbsd's mailing list tends to be picky. did you post from a properly reverse-resolvable address (yes, i know why i ask)? > i later deployed an openBSD nameserver and it ran for about 6 months > till i attempted to upgrade it to 2.9 (from 2.8) and the upgrade tried > to compile a bunch of crap i didn't want and didn't have installed > like kerberos. that and the compile bombed everytime(memory error or > something). being 900 miles away i could not install off hte CD. so i > had someone local wipe it out and put debian on it. least i don't have > to reboot it to upgrade(OBSD 2.8-2.9 reccomended/required recompiling > the kernel and rebooting before upgrading the system itself) openbsd does feel like an old, warted version of free, but to be perfectly honest, i love the guys behind it, which is why i like openbsd actually. let alone the blowfish! but: in terms of security, i don't think openbsd has that sort of leap before the others anymore as it used to. netbsd is quite awesome, and debian shouldn't complain... > now i am waiting for freebsd 4.5 to come out to see if there are any > related horrors to upgrading it like there was with openbsd. hoping > there is not. 4.5-PRERELEASE running here with no problems. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/IT d- s: a-- C++(++++) UL+++(++++) P+ L+++ E--- W- N+ o? K? !w O- M- V PS+(+++) PE-- Y+ PGP++ t- !5 !X R-(+) !tv b+(++) DI--(++) D++(+++) G(++) e>++ h* r+>++ :) y+++++>+(++) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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