Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : 2twisty
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 05:27:45

  Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
  By: 2twisty to boraxman on Thu Apr 21 2022 06:49 pm

 >  bo> There are too many "choices" of distro, and most are unecessary.  A lot
 >  bo> of the difference is just in defaults, stylistic differences.  The only
 > 
 > Another key difference I have seen between "families" of linux distros is th
 > specific locations and names of files under /etc or the structure of /var or
 > /usr
 > 
 > I have been using Debian family members for so long now that it is painful f
 > me to use Arch, Mandrake, BSD, RedHat, etc....
 > 
 > So I stick with what I know.

Something I like of the BSD is that the filesystem hierarchy is very
consistent. Not moving mount points from /media to /var/run just because, not
eliminating the capability of the system to boot with a separate /usr
filesystem... you get the idea.

Don't get me started in Linux distributionswhich cannot agree whether libraries
should go into /lib64 or /lib. You try to install a third party binary in some
of them and they cannot locate the dynamic linker. Bleh.


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