OliveBSD users are directed here

[user-786]

http://g.paderni.free.fr/olivebsd/forum ... c.php?p=26

[babbs]

It would seem that someone on that board doesn't appreciate Puppy. (It is a BSD board...)

The only thing that I can fault with your posting is the subject line "Which part of planet are you living on ?" Some might argue that it was a bit deceptive...

[Trobin]

For my 2 cents worth, were I a fan of OliveBSD and I saw a message like that I might have the same reaction as Clau. I found it to be rather condescending in tone and demeaning to those who might prefer other operating systems.

[Flash]

I have to agree. User-786, you got a little carried away with your enthusiasm for Puppy.

[raffy]

User-786 has been on top of the testimonials page for Puppy for some time now. See this:

http://puppylinux.org/home/index.php?page=Testimonials

Good to see you here again, 786

[Lobster]

user-786 is right

actually I posted on the board too and said I tried it - seem to remember I didn't bother (was gonna) after reading a review in our misc section . . .

What is it with BSD - Do they have a bad attitude because no one much bothers with their posturing? More and more they seem to look like Linux. What is the deal? I have read stuff on why they think they are superior and have never been convinced - maybe if I needed more security or something?

[MU]

When Linux became popular, there appeared some worms and exploits that could harm Linux-Servers.
At that time, *bsd was an insider-tip for Servers, as they were not affected.
This lead to a certain arrogance among some *bsd -users, similar to the arrogance of some Linux-users when talking about Windows.

I think *bsd are interesting systems, and for a while they were even faster than Linux (what is no more valuable since Puppy), but I gave up looking deeper to them because of the elitary attitude in that "scene".

Mark

[Trobin]

Went back to the OliveBSD forum to see if there was more reaction to the messages there. Kind of annoyed by what I saw. Not by Clau, who's reaction I can understand.

How would you feel if a devotee of another OS came on here with messages of a similar nature?

I like Puppy Linux because it works. I could just as easily have settled on Damn Small Linux, or Feather Linux, but for some reason I settled on Puppy Linux. Not because it is better than windows, or BSD, or any other OS out there but because for me it worked.

However if I saw messages like that before I tried it I'm not sure I wouldn't have given Puppy Linux a miss.

Just another couple pennies.

[Lobster]

Elitism whether from BSD, Linux, Windows, Apple or whoever is as Trobin says counterproductive. However I would say that users of other OS including BSD are very welcome here.

As for some of us getting a little frisky and go giving those BSD devils a quick woof . . .

Must be a good cructacean. Must be a good cructacean