Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:52:44 -0500 (EST) From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDi comparisons (working with LISTSERV) Message-ID: <200111061952.fA6Jqi228187@onceler.kciLink.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011105132109.24593A-100000@isua5.iastate.edu>
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>>>>> "l" == legg <legg@iastate.edu> writes: l> I am considering using LISTSERV for creating/managing a mailing list. The l> don't have a FreeBSD version available, but there is a BSDi version. If I recall correctly, LISTSERV comes as an object module which you link to your system libraries to make the final binary (or was that someone else?) Anyhow, try Lyris. They have a native FreeBSD version that works really well, and should be feature similar to LISTSERV. You can even try it for free. It is important to support vendors who support FreeBSD. l> Is it easy to break my system while trying to install this package? Unless you do it as root, chances are really slim. Even as root, chances are pretty slim. l> From you personal experience what do you perceive as being differences l> between BSDi and FreeBSD? BSDi has a killer rock-solid SMP system, which FreeBSD is importing for the 5.x versions. BSDi is exceptionally stable, meaning that you don't always get cutting edge software, but you can easily replace what you don't like. With FreeBSD 4.x, I gave up on BSDi because the differences were not sufficient for me to pay their license and maintenance fees, but that's a very *personal* decision. It really depends on your needs. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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