From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 24 06:14:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA10837 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from diabolik.logic.it (diabolik.logic.it [195.120.151.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA10663 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:13:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from molter@logic.it) Received: (qmail 393 invoked from network); 24 Feb 1998 14:13:37 -0000 Received: from mc52.logic.it (HELO dumbwinter.logic.it) (195.120.151.152) by diabolik.logic.it with SMTP; 24 Feb 1998 14:13:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 544 invoked by uid 1000); 24 Feb 1998 13:39:29 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:39:29 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Molteni To: Roberto Nunnari cc: freebsd-chat Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux ? In-Reply-To: <34F2AEAD.19C0@agie.ch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Could anybody point out what are the pros and cons of: > FreeBSD and Linux derivates, please? Also, any link to URLs > about performance comparations of these UNIXes will be > appreciated greatly. > > E-Mail: roberto.nunnari@agie.ch ^^^^^^^ Hi Roberto, I wasn't going to reply, since such subject (Linux vs FreeBSD) often degrades in flame wars, and I think it's pretty silly to argue between Linux and FreeBSD when they are cousins, and the real evil is M$ ;-) Then I saw your email address and asked myself: is agie.ch the Agie which makes NC machines (sorry I can't find "elettroerosione" in my dictionary ;-) I have a (old) Charmilles wich still uses the DEC TU58 tape! Regarding your question, my first answer is to use the search engine at www.freebsd.org, since this topic has been asked many times on -chat and on -questions. My personal experience: I started with Linux, then tried FreeBSD and was impressed with: 1. stability (really rock solid) 2. "rational" approach to sw development: with FreeBSD you get ONE distribution, you don't have to choose between Slackware vs RedHat vs Debian vs .... My suggestion: give FreeBSD a try, and judge yourself ;-) Marco --- Il mondo e' bello perche' e' Bacio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message