Subj : a neat fortune today To : Maurice Kinal From : Russell Tiedt Date : Wed Jul 06 2005 07:21 pm Hello Maurice. 05 Jul 05 09:47, you wrote to me: RT>> The DragonflyBSD boys are doing some neat things with regard to RT>> kernels ... MK> Never heard of them. Please elaborate on 'neat'. They are basically rebuilding the kernel and the base distro tools to take advantage of the kernel changes in order to gain max performance/reliabilty, not that the FreeBSD kernel is really wanting in those areas, but these blokes figure it is worthwhile doing, and the gains realizable ... RT>> Kernel and device naming convention mostly .... MK> Right. No big deal really. Agreed ... MK>>> More freedom with Linux which adds up to longer rope. ;-) RT>> FreeBSD lisence gives more Freedom, but has less control ... MK> I disagree on the freedom issue unless you define freedom as living in MK> a self made prison. I guess that is rope now that I think about it. MK> Personally I prefer everything out in the open. A different perspective ... Russell --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: Rusty's BBS - Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (5:7105/1) .