Subj : FreeBSD
To   : Russell Tiedt
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 06:21 pm

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Hello Russell - 

CA>>>> AFAIK those people just bundle LINUX with various other
CA>>>> applications, they don't write the code. I don't see any
CA>>>> of them as significant in any way relative to LINUX
CA>>>> development. 

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CA>> There are those who create what is not and there are those
CA>> who manage to profit from those who create. RedHat,
CA>> Slackware, and the others do not create. They are the
CA>> other group. 

RT> Well, I believe that the labourer is worth his hire, 

Am familiar with that quote. 

RT> and the above save me a great deal of time and expense in
RT> doing exacly what they do to build my own Linux system,
RT> which is what you refer to as an extreme, no way you can
RT> have your cake and eat it, way the cookie crumbles, or if
RT> you prefer it is a case of horse's for courses. <shrug> 

I really have no idea what "horse's for courses" means. 

The people who preassemble computers would save you the time to
return hardware that isn't working, yet you prefer to build
your own computers? 

CA>> btw: I really am a person who would do what you suggest if
CA>> I was convinced that #1 LINUX was what I needed here, #2
CA>> LINUX was being corrupted by those who compile the
CA>> binaries, #3 the necessary source code and hardware were
CA>> made available to me for whatever length of time I
CA>> required to _complete_ the task. 

RT> One: you decide for yourself; 

Yes, of course, that's a given. 

RT> Two: There are advantages to compiling your own other than
RT> not trusting those who "normaly compile the binaries, there
RT> are a number of "optimizations one can do, which are of
RT> value or might be needed depending on your hardware needs. 

This would seem to be a grabber for a guy who builds his own
computer systems using parts, yet it seems it is not? 

RT> Three: As for availability of source, if that bothers you,
RT> download it and write it to CD-ROM, no hassle. 

Before there were CD's being made and sold with software the
maker did not author there were `users groups' and clubs that
would sell softare on disks at cost. Of course before the bloat
they FIT on disks. ;-) 

Those groups seem to have vanished once the CD peddlers
appeared. 

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