From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 2 10:38:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cliff.i-plus.net (cliff.i-plus.net [209.100.20.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB74737B422 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 10:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abyss (abyss.dashit.net [209.100.22.250]) by cliff.i-plus.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B13141AF; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:38:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Troy Settle" To: "Daniel Schrock" , Subject: RE: Non-biased FreeBSD vs. Linux comparision Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:37:01 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <39B12CC2.5FA1928D@enteract.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Pull up /etc/ttys in your favorite editor and look for the line with 'xdm' on it. After saving, kill -1 1, and you're ready to go. Might want to edit your /etc/XF86Config first to make sure the default color depth is where you want it. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of ** Daniel Schrock ** Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 12:37 PM ** To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ** Subject: Re: Non-biased FreeBSD vs. Linux comparision ** ** ** Nimrod Mesika wrote: ** > ** > On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:33:39AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: ** > > On Tuesday, 22 August 2000 at 18:30:33 -0300, Christian ** Jacken wrote: ** > > > Hello, ** > > > ** > > > is someone aware of detailed non-biased FreeBSD vs. ** Linux comparision(s)? ** > > ** > > I like to think that ** http://www.daemonnews.org/200006/dadvocate.html ** > > is relatively unbiased. ** > ** > The real problem with this kind of comparision is that ** both products ** > are moving targets and things seem to be changing fast in terms of ** > features and performance. ** > ** > Personally, I like the way the FreeBSD project is managed using a ** > single CVS repository. The build-everything-from-source attitude is ** > what really made the difference for me. ** > ** > -- ** > Nimrod. ** ** Personally, I think the best way to get a non-biased opinion ** is to run ** both yourself and do your own comparison. ** My gateway is FreeBSD-4.1 and my workstation is Mandrake-7.1. I also ** have a Quake3 server running Mandrake 7.1 as well. ** As far as servers go, I found FreeBSD to be far better than Linux. A ** default install includes basically every network troubleshooting tool ** you could need or want. It also has a more logical ** structure. You know ** exactly where to find what you want. ** As a workstation, I prefer Linux. My soundcard was setup ** automatically. Mandrake gave me every window manager by default and ** X-Setup was hassle-free. And I actually like the X-Windows Login, no ** need for straight command line unless I want to. ** My preferances are affected by the hardware in each box. ** It would be nice to have identical boxes and compare without the ** hardware differences, but having 4 boxen already, I need a real good ** reason to buy another (which i can't find yet). ** ** On a semi-unrelated note, does anyone know of a FreeBSD app ** that would ** boot me directly to an X-login? ** ** ** Anyway, good luck and have fun. ** ** daniel schrock ** d_jab@anonymous-daemon.org ** ** ** 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