From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 13 09:03:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA17505 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:03:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17490 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id MAA08794; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:02:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980813120239.B8609@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:02:39 -0400 From: Norman C Rice To: GR Gaudreau , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? References: <199808131455.KAA04329@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808131455.KAA04329@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca>; from GR Gaudreau on Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 10:41:11AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 10:41:11AM -0400, GR Gaudreau wrote: > > > Anyway, I'm wandering off topic here... > > > > Actually, I'm glad you are. What would the difference be with FreeBSD? It > > would NOT do what RH 5.1 does? > > Hey, you guys have been really great! Some of the stuff you said is like, > waaaayyy over my head, so I better get going on learning about all this > UNIX stuff. The learning curve is way steep, but I think it's worth it... > not to mention that I kinda like the challenge. I do believe I'm going to > drop RH 5.1 Linux and install FreeBSD. I really hate to disappoint ol' > Linus, but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do. ;o) Thanks again you > guys, I really appreciate this, and I know where to go if I have more > questions... speaking of which: what do you mean by "ports"? The only ports > I know are the serial and printer ports in the back of my box. I'd really > like to learn to do this right. Cao. The ``ports'' are a collection of programs that have been ported to FreeBSD. The last time I looked there were 1,637 programs in the collection. Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html IMHO, you have made a wise decision. ;-) -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > -- > G.R. Gaudreau > grgaud@sprint.ca > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5783/ > > If a man who is mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being > mistaken, or cease to be honest. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message