Debian vs FreeBSD (was Re: Re: [buug] cockroaches and kernel build)

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Brian Sobolak (sobolak at myrealbox.com):

> I never advanced to Debian....

If you ever get curious, here are some tips:
http://linuxmafia.com/debian/tips  Warning:  Extreme clutter.
File is best read more-or-less from the bottom up, as it's grown
over the years in that direction.  Thus, more-current stuff is towards
the bottom.

> ...but I did try all the commercial Linuxes before getting worn out.
                           ^^^^^^^^^^

Given that one can buy Debian CDs and bundles from any number of places,
Debian is by definition a commercial item (being the subject of
commerce):  You may have meant [partially] proprietary.

Or perhaps you mean non-publicly-redistributable:  There are some
distributions that contain components one may not legally redistribute,
and are thus available only in retail boxed sets.

The problem of classifying Debian as "non-commercial" (aside from the 
definitional matter) is that it leads people to think it cannot be used
in business, or isn't solidly made, or some such.