From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 10:23:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA05849 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:23:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA05834 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:23:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA18586; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:20:47 -0800 Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:20:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: John Winter cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interested in getting Free BSD In-Reply-To: <31315A0C.22D8@ptw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, John Winter wrote: > HI I am interested in getting a copy of Free BSD. I am also wondering if > Linux is comperable to this program. In the sense that it's a free UNIX, yes. In the sense that it's the same variant of UNIX (sysV) then no. > Which will serve me better if I set > up a server. Let me note that you are asking in the FreeBSD SUPPORT forum..:) I know of several FreeBSD Web servers (including mine) that are doing an excellent job. > What hardware do I need to start with about 50 to 250 lines with the best > through put and the most reasonable cost? I can spit out some general recommendations... 1) SCSI disks. FAST SCSI disks. 2) LOTS of RAM; the more the merrier. > Is your program more easy to > set up than Linux? About as easy. A group ant Stanford who published a paper for Usenix thought that Linux was the easiest to install, then FreeBSD and Solaris x86. > And are all the patches or programs included to do so > on the C.D.?? Just about everything there is is on the CD, including the Web server of choice Apache. (btw: somene needs to roll a new port. It's up to 1.0.3, we have 0.8.x) Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major