Re: [tlug] There are way too many Linux distros

[Phillip Tribble <phillip.tribble@example.com>]

Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 04:54:20AM +0900, Dave Brown wrote:
>   
> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 04:25:22AM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> >     
> > > Well, there's always BSD...
> > >       
> > Turns out the original blog post was, in fact, written by a BSD troll.
> >     
>
> Hrrm, interesting.  I remember years ago, a rather funny bbspot.com
> article, Linux distributions outnumber users.
>
> Why a BSD troll?  
>
> I wouldn't say he's really dissing (for non-English speakers, it means
> being disrespectful of) Linux there.  He makes a point of stating he
> supports it. 
>
> Shucks, I think any O/S can, at times, make us want to jump up and say, 
> "STOP!  Hammer time!" pick up a hammer and have at it.  :)
>
>
> At any rate, before this gets into a BSD vs. Linux thing, let me quote
> the official FreeBSD position this, from their myths page.
>
> *BSD is better than (insert some other system).
> This is user opinion only. 
>
> Oh dear, after typing the above, I see I have MC Hammer's "You Can't
> Touch This," stuck in my head.  
>
>   

I wrote the article and I am not a BSD user. I love Linux. just as much 
as anyone else. I just thought we could use some unity.

- Phil