From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 27 22: 7: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F2337B422 for ; Sun, 27 May 2001 22:07:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ellis.michael@mindspring.com) Received: from system2 (cpe-66-1-59-136.az.sprintbbd.net [66.1.59.136]) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA01604 for ; Sun, 27 May 2001 22:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <001a01c0e73c$d43d1200$0400a8c0@na> From: "Michael Ellis" To: Subject: FreeBSD and other questions. Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:09:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0017_01C0E702.26E274E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C0E702.26E274E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Newbie to Unix; interested in BSD Unix vs. Solaris, et al, looking for = suggestions and feedback on the following? I am starting to support storage equipment attached to various Unix = systems (i.e. Solaris, IRIX, HP-UA and AIX) and want/need to learn the = Unix operating system(s) using Intel/AMD systems. Any suggestions? = FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Solaris? Value for the time and cost investment, = is as almost always, the most important consideration. =20 I currently use Windows98SE/2000pro/3.11 with MS Office the most. I am = not a MS operating system cheer leader. As a matter of fact I used = DRDOS, GeoWorks and Borland applications until being force to MS Office = for compatibility at work. With StarOffice's fair compatibility to MS = Office outside Visio and possibly Access 2000 I am no longer locked to = running MS on all systems. =20 If I purchased (BSDi) BSD Power Pack 4.2, is it easy to upgrade to = release 4.3? =20 =20 Am I better off downloading version 4.3 from FreeBSD.org without the = application cd's? Is there a simply way to upgrade the v4.2 release to v4.3 using the 4.3 = downloadable cd image? Is it likely all the applications included with 4.2 compatible with 4.3? One more thing: any recommended books or publications for a newbie to = Unix? =20 Thank you for any suggestions! I like to learn from other people's = experiences, saves TIME.=20 Michael Ellis ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C0E702.26E274E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Newbie to Unix; interested in BSD Unix vs. = Solaris,=20 et al, looking for suggestions and feedback on the = following?

I am starting to support storage equipment = attached to=20 various Unix systems (i.e. Solaris, IRIX, HP-UA and AIX) and want/need = to learn=20 the Unix operating system(s) using Intel/AMD systems. Any=20 suggestions? FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Solaris? Value for = the time=20 and cost investment, is as almost always, the most important=20 consideration.

I currently use Windows98SE/2000pro/3.11 with MS Office the = most. I=20 am not a MS operating system cheer leader. As a matter of fact I = used=20 DRDOS, GeoWorks and Borland applications until being force to MS Office = for=20 compatibility at work. With StarOffice's fair compatibility to MS = Office=20 outside Visio and possibly Access 2000 I am no longer locked to running = MS on=20 all systems.

If I purchased (BSDi) BSD Power Pack 4.2, is it = easy to=20 upgrade to release 4.3?

Am I better off downloading version 4.3 from = FreeBSD.org=20 without the application cd's?

Is there a simply way to upgrade the v4.2 = release to v4.3=20 using the 4.3 downloadable cd image?

Is it likely all the applications included with = 4.2=20 compatible with 4.3?

One more thing: any recommended books or publications for a newbie = to=20 Unix?

Thank you for any suggestions! I like to = learn from=20 other people's experiences, saves TIME.

Michael Ellis

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