Geeky stuff for geeky guys (and gals)

[AVB]

While Unix was never my thing back in the day I do play around with FreeBSD now which is one of the many variants. Interesting story even if it is a few years old.

 

[vortex]

While Unix was never my thing back in the day I do play around with FreeBSD now which is one of the many variants. Interesting story even if it is a few years old.

How does it compare to Linux?

 

[MadMonk]

Dang, that was like Greek to me, but I tried. (I'm not very Computer literate beyond operating programs) Reminds me of some simulator work I did years ago, on a Silicon Graphics box sporting Unix. Most stable 3D type work I ever did. Flawless (same type programs you'd use to make todays games). Granted the SG was very spendy at something like 80K per computer. Lockheed had banks of them in a C-130 based gunship trainer. Unix was a pain in the butt to figure out how to do some things, but I did appreciate the comparative stability, at the time. I wonder how it compares to windows, etc. these days.

 

[Scap]

Dang, that was like Greek to me, but I tried. (I'm not very Computer literate beyond operating programs) Reminds me of some simulator work I did years ago, on a Silicon Graphics box sporting Unix. Most stable 3D type work I ever did. Flawless (same type programs you'd use to make todays games). Granted the SG was very spendy at something like 80K per computer. Lockheed had banks of them in a C-130 based gunship trainer. Unix was a pain in the butt to figure out how to do some things, but I did appreciate the comparative stability, at the time. I wonder how it compares to windows, etc. these days.

If Unix drove a car, it would be crashless.

 

[AVB]

How does it compare to Linux?

It is another variant except that there is no original UNIX code, it was all rewritten. I do like the ZFS file system though.

 

[vortex]

It is another variant except that there is no original UNIX code, it was all rewritten. I do like the ZFS file system though.

I just reformatted an old laptop to play with a few OS' so I'll give it a try. Thanks!

 

[George Scott]

I've been playing around with a Linux variant called Ubuntu, for quite some time. Very nice. When I retire and don't HAVE to use Windows for my work, I might try to totally switch to Linux.

 

[Scap]

I've been playing around with a Linux variant called Ubuntu, for quite some time. Very nice. When I retire and don't HAVE to use Windows for my work, I might try to totally switch to Linux.

I like the GUI on Ubuntu.
Feels like winders, but is smooth and error free.