From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 30 17:52:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:52:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA04708 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:52:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from (i-zone.demon.co.uk) [158.152.227.78] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z23R4-0002m1-00; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:52:42 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 01:23:19 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: Re: linux vs FreeBSD References: <35C0AE7B.D9976D13@zk3.dec.com> In-Reply-To: <35C0AE7B.D9976D13@zk3.dec.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 beta 9 <5jmCrxUbpyYdwGXid1yqlWD9$N> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <35C0AE7B.D9976D13@zk3.dec.com>, Greg Colburn writes >What's the difference between Linux and FreeBSD? Is there any? I'm >somewhat familiar with Linux and Unix so that might help you explain the >answer. Thank you for your time. > Hi this must be the most-often asked question on the list - you will find an answer at http://www.freebsd.org. Outwardly, they are similar, but IMOHO freebsd is more 'industrial strength' in that it can run more concurrent applications on given hardware without breaking a sweat. Linux has more gizmos, and will run more hardware. -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message