On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 06:34:25AM +1100, bob parker wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > 9) Does the gentoo configurability deliver significantly better
> > performance? Is the added step of compilation too much of an
> > inconvenience?
>
>
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> 9) Does the gentoo configurability deliver significantly better
> performance? Is the added step of compilation too much of an
> inconvenience?
By compiling all applications with optimisations for your processor, you can
ha
At 01:11 PM 2/19/2004, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> 9) Does the gentoo configurability deliver significantly better
> performance?
If you put X on it yes, performance is better. In text mode there is not
difference.
---
Cauta-ti
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 1) Do you think that OpenBSD 's repuation as a secure OS is
> justified?
Somewhat, but not entirely.
> Does the secure part of OpenBSD provide a useful platform for your
> needs?
Not really, one needs more software.
> Wou
Manoj Srivasta wrote:
>In order to start a dialogue, I have a few questions I would
> like to solicit responses to the following (please do not hesitate to
> add to the following; these are merely things I have thought off the
> top of my head).
Mind if I give another reason?
"Debian will remain
On Feb 13, 2004, at 12:22 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:15:34PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:59:25AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:58:38 +0100, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Op vr 13-02-2004, om 00:09 schreef Manoj Srivastava:
>> 5) Are upgrades easy for the BSD OS's?
>
>They're both not really difficult, but they're certainly not as
>convenient. On Debian, it's just a matter of "apt{-get,
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:15:34PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:59:25AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
> > > 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for the BSD's?
> > > For Linux in gen
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:59:25AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> > 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for the BSD's?
> > For Linux in general? For Debian?
>
> I believe their methods of distributing updates secur
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for the BSD's?
> For Linux in general? For Debian?
I believe their methods of distributing updates securely are significantly
more convenient than ours at present. I believe you c
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 6) Are security fixes available in a timely fashion for the BSD's?
> For Linux in general? For Debian?
I have some data comparing Linux distributions and the time to patch known
security vulnerabilities, no data of BSDs, how
Op vr 13-02-2004, om 00:09 schreef Manoj Srivastava:
> Hi,
>
> I have been asked to give a talk at my local LUG with that
> topic. The audience is fairly technical, and there is going to be a
> companion talk "Why FreeBSD" later in the year.
>
> I know why _I_ have decided to go
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> However, I would indeed want to cover why one would want to
> select Linux over the BSD's, and why one would want to select Debian
> over the other distributions.
I wanted to be instantly set up to hack the kernel. BSD's r
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
>However, I would indeed want to cover why one would want to
> select Linux over the BSD's, and why one would want to select Debian
> over the other distributions.
[...]
One of the reasons for selecting Debian over other Distributions is
it
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 17:51, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Feel free to reply to me offline, I'll summarize on list; but
> > I think that a lively dialogue shall elicit more material for an
> > evangelizing document ;-)
>
> Ugh, yo
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Feel free to reply to me offline, I'll summarize on list; but
> I think that a lively dialogue shall elicit more material for an
> evangelizing document ;-)
Ugh, you were doing great until that. Can't contribute to an adv
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have been asked to give a talk at my local LUG with that
> topic. The audience is fairly technical, and there is going to be a
> companion talk "Why FreeBSD" later in the year.
Why not debian bsd? :)
Might be a nice addon at th
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
I have been asked to give a talk at my local LUG with that
topic. The audience is fairly technical, and there is going to be a
companion talk "Why FreeBSD" later in the year.
I know why _I_ have decided to go with Linux, and Debian, but
I want to delive
18 matches
Mail list logo
