Re: lpr remote printing
On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 02:49:36AM -0600, Alex Romosan wrote:
> people). which brings up one of the things that i am beginning to find
> annoying about linux these days: this so called file system standard,
> which seems to be getting weirder and weirder every day, and more and
> more different than the other unixes. i used unix long before there
> was even linux, and for a while it was a pleasure to watch linux
> transform itself into a full fledged unix-like operating system. but
> now it is beginning to suffer from the emacs syndrome, insisting on
> doing things its own way for the sake of being different (or so it
I don't think it's for the sake of being different. Usually, there's
a genuine (and good) reason. For example, I recently installed FreeBSD
2.2.5 here and was surprised to find that all the non-essential
software was installed into /usr/local. When I asked my local expert,
he said it's because that's the way traditional BSD
systems are installed.
But is that a good reason? I don't think so.
To me, the FSSTND gives a very nice, pure system;
a fresh FreeBSD install does not feel the same.
(These comments are not instended to be anti-FreeBSD,
since the same applies to Solaris, BSDI, etc).
Hamish
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