From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Aug 2 2:47:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from curlew.cs.man.ac.uk (curlew.cs.man.ac.uk [130.88.13.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78F115038 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 02:47:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk) Received: from fs3.rncm.ac.uk ([193.63.96.102] helo=rncm.ac.uk) by curlew.cs.man.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11BEg5-000HZu-00; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:46:41 +0100 Received: from RNCM-FS3/SpoolDir by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 2 Aug 99 10:46:44 GMT Received: from SpoolDir by RNCM-FS3 (Mercury 1.44); 2 Aug 99 10:46:25 GMT Received: from selene (193.63.96.96) by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 2 Aug 99 10:46:23 GMT From: "Peter McGarvey" To: "David Kudrav" , Cc: Subject: RE: basic info on freebsd needed... Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:46:22 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hi, > > I am considering running freebsd and also considering openbsd, but have > some questions. I am fairly familiar with AIX and Solaris, and slightly > less familiar with Linux. I use AIX and/or Solaris almost daily, but only > as a user and for limited applications. snippage... I lookafter a Sun Server running the SPARC version of Solaris. I also got the free Solaris so I could try it on a PC. SPARC Solaris runs fine on a Dual 400MHz SPARC-II system. x86 Solaris ran like a dog on a P233. Never felt the need to look at OpenBSD... As for Linux/FreeBSD.... I've just setup a machine at home running DOS/Win98/FreeBSD 3.2/RedHat Linux 6.0. IMHO FreeBSD is definately the better OS, and is much easier to install. However, when it comes to setting up X, Linux is nicely setup by default - with FreeBSD it takes a bit of effort but appears to be faster. As for hardware for FreeBSD.... My little development network at home is based on a FreeBSD server running Samba, Apache and MySQL. It outperforms a P233 running Windows NT. Which is not what you'd expect when it's a 486SX2-50 with 16MB RAM. So, FreeBSD or Linux? Well, what do you want to do with this machine? For server type work go with FreeBSD. For desktop type work go with Linux. TTFN, FNORD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter McGarvey, Networks Manager | email: Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk Royal Northern College of Music | tel: +44 (0)161 907 5218 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, | fax: +44 (0)161 273 7611 England M13 9RD | mobile: +44 (0)7887 990564 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message