Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:34:10 +0000 From: David Johnson <david@usermode.org> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How Is The FeeBSD OS Like and Different Than Say Redhat or Suse LINUX Message-ID: <01042300341002.00179@weathertop>
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On Monday April 23 2001 06:20 am, "SPEAKEASY wrote: > Dear Sirs; > > I'm considering trying FreeBSD and have experience with both System 5 > Version 4, Redhat Linux 6.xx and greater and Suse 6.x.x and greater.What > are their similarities and differences. Is your OS closer to Unix if so > exactly without writing paragraphs are the major differences; if any? Why > if I'm use to using and familiar with Redhat or Suse would I want to switch > to FreeBSD? Quick response before I unsubscribe (the list traffic is too high for me, or I'd stick around). If you're not a sysadmin, you probably won't notice many differences between FreeBSD and Linux once you get it installed and setup the way you like it. I'm running a client machine, so here's my view from that perspective (the guys running server machines can tell you lots more...). With softupdates, the file system is slightly faster. The packages/ports collection is far superior to RPM. For a lot of people, using BSD style initscripts instead of SysV style is much easier. (but who cares? once it's configured, don't touch it) Documentation! You get man pages for every part of the operating system, and they're all up to date. And the handbook, faq and other online books distributed with FreeBSD are superb. FreeBSD development is unified. This makes it feel like a complete and whole system. Anecdotal evidence suggests that FreeBSD is more stable than Linux. I think much of this comes from comparing FreeBSD with Redhat and SuSE. The stability is much closer if you compare it with Debian or Slackware instead. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that FreeBSD has better networking than Linux. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself. It's free. -- David Johnson ___________________ http://www.usermode.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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