From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 24 19:50:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA25459 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:50:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.220]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA25450 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00289; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:49:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:49:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Chee K. Ojo, B.A." cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, BSD and Linux In-Reply-To: <321F2D67.387F@iaw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Chee K. Ojo, B.A. wrote: > What is the difference b/w FreeBSD, BSD and Linux. I would like to put a > UNIX setup on my system, but have no idea which system is easier to > setup, more powerful etc. Ouch. You've asked in FreeBSD Support, so you'll get an appropriately biased reply. :) I personally like FreeBSD for: 1) Rock-solid stability. 2) Unified distribution structure. (There is *one* FreeBSD, about 10 Linuxes [Slackware, redhat, etc....]) 3) The Ports & Packages collections. I hate porting software, and these systems make it too easy to just pick something, build, and install it with a minumum of trouble. Hope this helps. Scan the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org for other biased replies. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major