Date: 28 Apr 2000 18:51:36 +0200 From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how does freebsd compare to mandrake 7.0? Message-ID: <lwk8hixj6v.fsf@phoenix.ea4els.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: sijr@optusnet.com.au's message of "21 Apr 2000 18:18:02 %2B0200" References: <004f01bfaba4$7b287b20$cb8c8ec6@fiona>
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sijr@optusnet.com.au ("Simon Robertson") writes:
> I am currently running Mandrake 7.0 and I was wondering if I purchased =
> FreeBSD 4.0 how it would compare?
I've been using (RedHat) Linux for several years and recently installed
freebsd (3.3) on a new machine. They are quite different, and initially
FreeBSD doesn't come with as much baggage (this is installed via ports).
FreeBSD has quite a different filosophy of managing packages, and most
people (from what I gather) prefer to rebuild ports or parts of the
base system by downloading/compiling/reinstalling. This is quite
different to RedHat/Mandrake's use of a sophsisticated package manager
to do most of the dirty work (on another machine).
Which is best? I think you need to treat them as different. FreeBSD is
a unix, while linux can't legally call itself unix. The utilities and
commands work almost identically.
System administration differs significantly and that takes time to
adjust to.
FreeBSD has one clear advantage: a single `distriubtion' something which
regrettably lacks having forked into debian/redhat/mandrake/slackware etc.
> Also I current run KDE on Mandrake 7.0, would there be any changes in =
> comparison to FreeBSD 4.0 KDE appearance or running?
KDE is pretty much the same. You shouldn't notice any differences.
I think in the end if you can install/run both until you are comfortable
with each and can decide which you find better. I've haven't reached that
stage yet, but probably once I'm convinced one way or another will just
use one of the two.
In the process you will have learnt more, and if you ever have to use
another unix you'll find yourself more comfortable.
Simon
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