Comments on: The lament of an OS nomad http://theintersect.org/2009/the-lament-of-an-os-nomad/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:42:40 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: carlin http://theintersect.org/2009/the-lament-of-an-os-nomad/comment-page-1/#comment-155 carlin Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:32:04 +0000 http://theintersect.org/?p=76#comment-155 I stuck with Ubuntu for a few months before I built a new box. Put Windows 7 on it and took a break from development for a while. Recently I tried OpenSolaris on it and remarkably it runs flawlessly (OSOL doesn't have the best hardware support). So I'm now primarily using OpenSolaris. FreeBSD has been on my radar for a while though, by all accounts it's a very nice OS but the horror stories regarding its ZFS support have put me off. I stuck with Ubuntu for a few months before I built a new box. Put Windows 7 on it and took a break from development for a while. Recently I tried OpenSolaris on it and remarkably it runs flawlessly (OSOL doesn’t have the best hardware support). So I’m now primarily using OpenSolaris. FreeBSD has been on my radar for a while though, by all accounts it’s a very nice OS but the horror stories regarding its ZFS support have put me off.

]]> By: oZ http://theintersect.org/2009/the-lament-of-an-os-nomad/comment-page-1/#comment-154 oZ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:11:49 +0000 http://theintersect.org/?p=76#comment-154 From one OS nomad to another, may I ask where you ended up? I'm traditionally a Mac user with UNIX programming background, so I've used OS X as my primary for some time. I'm gradually shifting away from it, as I use FreeBSD, Linux, and OpenSolaris on servers and dev stations, and Apple has been ticking me off. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 right now, and I desperately would like to use FreeBSD -- except for the atrocious power management. Where are you at now? From one OS nomad to another, may I ask where you ended up?

I’m traditionally a Mac user with UNIX programming background, so I’ve used OS X as my primary for some time. I’m gradually shifting away from it, as I use FreeBSD, Linux, and OpenSolaris on servers and dev stations, and Apple has been ticking me off. I’m using Ubuntu 10.04 right now, and I desperately would like to use FreeBSD — except for the atrocious power management.

Where are you at now?

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