From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 8 12:25:43 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA28524 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:25:43 -0700 Received: from ftdetrck-ose1.army.mil (FTDETRCK-OSE1.ARMY.MIL [140.139.19.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA28518 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:25:41 -0700 Received: (from gyc@localhost) by ftdetrck-ose1.army.mil (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA16129 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:25:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:25:11 -0400 From: GREG CASTELLUCCI Message-Id: <199509081925.PAA16129@ftdetrck-ose1.army.mil> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Advice Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Folks, I am a fairly new Unix Buff looking to turn my 486 33 PC into a Unix device/host What I am doing is trying to find out which Unix platform to go with Linux or FreeBSD. I have solid experience with the System V Unix administration & build and basically would like to widen my Unix knowledge to BSD and PC based systems. I am mainly concerned with all aspects incl. TCP/IP capablilities such as SMTP, World Wide Web Server, telnet, ftp, and LPR/LPD. Also looking for the best X-Windows and all around good documentation. My question is twofold, 1) which one of these platforms should I go with, and 2) How can I find good supporting documentation for them ? Can someone point me in the right direction. Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me. Peace, Greg Castellucci US Army - Fort Detrick gyc@ftdetrck-ose1.army.mil