[rescue] Fry's

Iggy Drougge optimus at canit.se
Tue Feb 26 17:37:21 CST 2002


Joshua D Boyd skrev:

>On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 12:59:40AM +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>> Joshua D Boyd skrev:
>>
>> >On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 02:50:55AM +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>>
>> >> SGI is the closest thing to an acceptably modern UNIX-based environment
>> >> I've seen.
>>
>> >I like SGI hardware, but next to NetBSD and Linux, all the commercial
>> >unixes feels backwards and pathetic (at least from the userland point of
>> >view).  Of course, you can install your own userland components, but most
>> >systems I've worked on, the admins feel like being purists and running the
>> >defaults.
>>
>>NetBSD? Are you kidding? I install NetBSD on most things I come across, but
>>trust me, I wouldn't do it to an SGI. TWM just doesn't compare to 4DWM and
>>the SGI desktop environment.

>TWM?!?  Nobody I know uses that on NetBSD.  WindowMaker forever (or at least
>until I make a really good knock off in Sawfish).

Then you're missing the point. NetBSD is just a skeleton of an operating
system, IRIX is a complete environment. I suppose that one could make
something which might come superficially close to IRIX based on NetBSD, but
that would take several years for me.

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