Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 12:53:46 +0000 (GMT) From: tim@scratch.demon.co.uk To: eroubinc@u.washington.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advantages of FreeBSD Message-ID: <199903071254.MAA02529@franklin.matlink> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.05.9903061737580.55708-100000@dante14.u.washington.edu>
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Prior to using FreeBSD I was running RedHat 5.1 and prior to that Slackware various versions. Initially when I started using FreeBSD I got frustrated at some of the configuration options - they are a little different but not so bad when you get over the first hurdles i.e ppp is very different I went back to RedHat and then back to Slackware I feel that FreeBSD is more stable than Linux certainly if you are going to compile your own ports, and for rebuilding kernels. There is more applications for linux but more and more are becoming availiable for FreeBSD. In general if you want a more stable professional system go FreeBSD, it has many features that are not availiable in linux. On 6 Mar, Evgeny Roubinchtein wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Daniel Imfeld wrote: > >>I will soon be installing either FreeBSD or Linux on my computer. What >>advantages does FreeBSD have over the Slackware distribution of Linux? > > (specifically over _Slackware_ distribution): Slackware is a _major_pain_ > to upgrade, FreeBSD has been _much_ better. To go from a_out to elf on a > FreeBSD system, all I had to do was get updated sources, make sure I had > enough disk space, make aout-to-elf, add a few lines to the kernel config. > file and run disklabel -B to install new boot blocks.) Read the equivalent > document describing how to upgrade a Slackware distribution to elf to > appreciate the difference. Linux development model is much more > de-centralized. If you are new to Unix, FreeBSD will probably be a better > choice: things tend to be more "in one place" (www.freebsd.org), not "all > over the Web". There are more commercial Linux applications out there, > but many of them run under FreeBSD with linux emulator. > > If you do decide on Linux, I would strongly recommend against Slackware: > Debian is free, and has package management, making upgrades a lot easier. > > -- > Evgeny Roubinchtein, eroubinc@u.washington.edu > ................... > PFM: Pray For Miracle > > > > 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
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