Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 16:31:11 +0800 From: "Edwin chan" <huacheng@public.guangzhou.gd.cn> To: "Tim McMillen" <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs netbsd/openbsd Message-ID: <01a201c055f0$ea6d0860$5801a8c0@suntop.com> References: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011171336430.8156-100000@joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
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thanks, for your great answer. It's clear my mind. I asked this question few days ago, now I tried install all of them, then got some experience from all of them, eventually, delete NetBSD from my computer. NetBSD said them got some important internet service build into kernel and have a very fast filesystem. but to me , it not support my mx98715a NIC. Just like you said, OpenBSD have a very good man page and clear system, I feel good when I operate it. so I keeped it on one of my computer as OS. FreeBSD can't boot from my old sis chipset computer, but play good with my other old intel chipset computer, and I like the performance it give me. I keeped it on one of my computer as OS , used it as gateway(with ppp) to internet. another computer one for win98, one for slackware linux 7.0. I have very good home network environment now. thanks a lot. edwin chan ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Edwin chan <huacheng@public.guangzhou.gd.cn> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: Re: freebsd vs netbsd/openbsd > > Only you can decide that. It depends on what is important to you. > You've done the correct thing. Spend time on their websites learn as much > as you can about their features. > OpenBSD really is more secure and I like that, but it is not > oriented towards a newbie. Their mailing lists do not tolerate people > asking questions if they have not done their homework and researched their > problem first. This is of course a good idea in any questions list, but > they are serious about it. I have OpenBSD installed and Am learning to > use it as a firewall. The OpenBSD man pages are the best man pages ever, > and their FAQ is more like a book--very useful whether you run FreeBSD or > OpenBSD. > NetBSD seems kind of pointless to me unless you have all sorts of > odd hardware lying around, or you want to run it on a PDA or something. > They really did get NetBSD running on a toaster! The one advantage is > that your user experience is consistent across all devices and machines > that run NetBSD. I've never installed it. > I decided to run FreeBSD because there is a lot more documentation > available. Also because it is much easier to use for a newbie. FreeBSD > with X and KDE2 is a very easy to use system. I have not had it crash in > two months. I've bought the FreeBSD powerpack with ver 3.4 in it. I've > since upgraded to 4.1.1 and will upgrade to 4.2 when it comes out on > Monday hopefully. > Good luck, > > Tim > > ----------------------------------------------- > "A government big enough to give you everything > you want, is a government big enough to take > from you everything you have." > -Gerald Ford > ----------------------------------------------- > > On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Edwin chan wrote: > > > I am new to freebsd, I noticed that there are netbsd and openbsd exist. I > > watched homepage for every 3 BSD. they have difference goal and idea behind > > it. so I worried which one suit for me. > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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