From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 09:59:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA09638 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from dumbo.hh.kew.com (dumbo.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.133]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA09622 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:59:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from kendra.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by dumbo.hh.kew.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with UUCP id MAA12108; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:58:30 -0500 (EST) Received: by pandora.kew.com (UUPC/extended 1.12s); Mon, 04 Nov 1996 12:55:44 -0500 Message-ID: <327e2e20.kendra@pandora.kew.com> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 12:55:35 -0500 From: "Drew Derbyshire" Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks (PO Box 80144, Stoneham MA 02180) To: lesliel@concentric.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 03 Nov 1996 22:05:29 -0700, "Leslie L" wrote: > My question for you is - How is Free BSD opposed to Linux when it comes > to being able to log onto the net? Define 'login to the net'. PPP to an ISP? Run a web browser from X windows? Run a web server? UUCP mail for an entire domain? SMTP mail for an entire domain? POP3 mail? FTP? IRC? I don't try to do the POP3 or X windows (and my OS/2 server does my PPP link), but freebsd seems pretty good for the rest. I find the docs pretty decent, have you picked up a book on FreeBSD yet? -ahd-