From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 10:22:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA25722 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:22:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from syssun8.rrz.debis.str.daimler-benz.com (ns1.rrz.debis.str.daimler-benz.com [141.113.200.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA25695 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:21:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from norbert.meissner@str.daimler-benz.com) Received: from merlin (gandalf.bsm.dbag.str.daimler-benz.com [141.113.214.208]) by syssun8.rrz.debis.str.daimler-benz.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA12633; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 19:21:38 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <350432CF.85B@str.daimler-benz.com> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 19:19:59 +0100 From: Norbert Meißner Organization: Daimler-Benz Medienservice X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Per Beckman CC: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? References: <01bd4871$5c9ded40$3695c6c3@beckman> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Per Beckman wrote: > > Hi! > > My name is Per Beckman, and I have this little problem > I tought you might be able to help me with... > > You see, a few months ago my school were given a few > Sun Solaris SparcStation > I didnīt know anything about unix from beginning, but I knew > it was one of the greatest os.. Anyway, I had to learn pretty > much, and know when Iīm quitting school I just canīt stop > using unix. Since I knew I couldīnt afford to buy my own Workstation, > I began > looking at Linux and FreeBSD. Now, heres the question: > Which should I use? > FreeBSD or Linux? > (now I have a Intel 200 PC) > > TIA > Pelle > pelle@moonman.com give freebsd a chance, its running much more stable as linux. on linux everyone's programming some new features, maybe nice but you can't tell if its working with other software. on the freebsd-side there are 3 releases (stable, release, current) which aren't represent the latest software-development (of the last two weeks ;-)). i prefer the release package. you can download it on ftp.freebsd.org or purchase a cd from walnut creek (this is what i've done, a little difficult in germany). greetings norbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message