From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 25 4:37:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mercenary.vntech.com (mercenary.vntech.com [206.147.237.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2E115662 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:37:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pezzy@vntech.com) Received: from localhost (pezzy@localhost) by mercenary.vntech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA17993; Thu, 27 May 1999 16:23:11 GMT (envelope-from pezzy@vntech.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mercenary.vntech.com: pezzy owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:23:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Patrick Walentiny To: Val Kilmer Cc: notme , aaron , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I agree to this right down the line, except for the line about solaris, I think freebsd is better then solaris (in my opinion). Atleased on the intel platform. (SPARC is a different story) Patrick. On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Val Kilmer wrote: > I'm forced to agree, though from different origins. I started on > Slackware Linux, and, after two weeks, managed to get the thing working. > Once. One time. After that, no luck. Wouldn't see half my equipment, > wouldn't properly configure the half it did see. > FreeBSD, on the other hand, is a tight little beasty. Got it up > and running the first time I downloaded it. After adding a hard drive (and > spending a week finding out exactly where to place it) I'm running a happy > little box, needing a second phone line, and wondering why I didn't start > here before. > Look at www.cdrom.com's blurbs for both Slackware and FreeBSD. > a)Slackware: The Unix with ATTITUDE! (ie, MtvUNIX) > b)FreeBSD: A *professional quality* Unix OS. (ie Public Radio) > Plus, cdrom.com uses FreeBSD for their massive ftp server. > Sure, use Linux. it's a viable operating system, once you get into > it. But FreeBSD *is* the next best thing to Solaris UNIX, argueably the > most popular professional UNIX OS's on the market, it's easy to install, > and all it takes is two floppy disks, 500 Meg HD space, and a little time. > Enjoy the trip. > > Cory Ringdahl. > > PS: If anyone knows how to get the one piece of equipment that *doesn't* > quite work right on my FreeBSD3.2-R, this PCI Yamaha 128 voice soundcard, > to work, lemme know. Thanks. > > > On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, notme wrote: > > > Hi, > > Well, a year ago, when I was 16, I first touched on FreeBSD, and > > I am glad that I didn't start from Linux. Although at first FreeBSD > > *seems* a bit harder then Linux (usage and installation), I personally > > find > > the "build-it-yourself" personallity of FreeBSD much satifying. I also > > found (well, don't bash me... just my opinion) that Linux to be a bit > > too > > "sugar coated." (although at the same time, it means userfriendly :) > > If you're looking forward to use UNIX as a learning tool, FreeBSD is > > > > the way to go! (Heck, I started as a beginner last year, and learned > > through > > websites to setup fileservers and stuff like that...) On the other > > hand, I > > found Linux to be a bit more userfriendly... (But at the same time, you > > don't > > learn as much from the process of setting stuff up yourself...:) > > > > Well, above was just a very subjective and personal view. As you can > > see, I would encourage you to use FreeBSD. (It's free, and you don't > > have to worry about the different slackware and redhat... :) > > > > here's some FreeBSD resource > > > > www.freebsd.org > > http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/topics.htm > > www.freebsdrocks.com > > > > you can download FreeBSD at ftp.cdrom.com > > or buy the book with 4 CDs (I which includes all the port selections > > and actual "installation files" [distfiles]) for a bit less then US$50 > > > > Hope I helped :) > > > > Frankie > > > > aaron wrote: > > > > > Hi.I am a COMPLETE newcomer to unix operating systems...in fact, I > > > really dont have anything yet to begin working with it. I was > > > thinking of getting a Linux distribution but the best ones seem to > > > cost a good bit of money (and I am only 17 and have none!)....So I was > > > thinking about trying FreeBSD.... My question is...Is FreeBSD just > > > like using Unix or Linux......for example, if I was to get a guide for > > > helping people use unix or linux, would I be able to use the guide for > > > FreeBSD??? THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!! Aaron Lynnmerch@ptd.net > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message