From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 17 18:53:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.129.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2768237BAA4 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:51:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2BA6E3996 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:22:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (tntwc01-3-230.idx.com.au [203.166.3.230]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA16539; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:21:40 +1000 From: Danny To: cyberstorm , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Inquiry... Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:24:43 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <399BEE09.F77DDD6C@prodigy.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00081808305700.00312@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG - BSD has been used by hotmail and yahoo - I believe is the same analogy as Mac (like BSD) and PC's(like Linux) where Mac in the earily 80's had long file names where Pc's only in Win95 started the idea of long file name. Since the 80's Mac never had the problem of Y2k. Clearly, Macs are documented as being more superior than Pc's but people still use Pc's - Last questions, I believe FreeBSD has a built in firewall. Maybe you hsould get a better response from the mailing list On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, cyberstorm wrote: > Hello. > > I'm a Linux user and was wondering why BSD hasn't hit mainstream > yet??? The other question is... how does BSD compare to LINUX??? > For my last question... is there a variety of security software for > this operating system, or does it use the same as Linux??? If not, > would you recommend a firewall and antivirus[if needed]. > --------------------- > > > Thanks > > > 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