From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 28 12:10:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA16921 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA16896 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:10:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA20601; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:10:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:10:06 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" Reply-To: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: thomas c high iii cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hmin@public.cq.sc.cn Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux and FreeBSD a popular OS In-Reply-To: <345440E5.F9C98BAC@mindspring.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, thomas c high iii wrote: > I currently run Red Hat Linux 4.2. I have only been exposed to Linux, > and never FreeBSD. *Almost* everyone I know runs Linux, except for one. > And he's not around right now to help me :) > > I have had my curiosity peaked. What are the advantages/disadvantages > of running FreeBSD instead of Linux? I am not extremely experienced in > administering a unix type operating system and am anxious to learn it. Although everyone on the list if probably getting sick of hearing about it, I have a page for this. I've just updated it with some of the latest responses, so it's up-to-date. It's not terribly organized; just a series of messages pulled from -hackers and -questions, but there's a fair bit of info there. The URL is: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm > > Thanks! > > -- > clair high atlanta, ga > tch3(at)mindspring(dot)com > "...One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." -- Porky > Pig > Enjoy!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*