Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 02:37:27 -0500 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How Is The FeeBSD OS Like and Different Than Say Redhat or Suse LINUX Message-ID: <20010423023727.A26452@marx.alton1.il.home.com> In-Reply-To: <BHEOJOMCFODELNKHPGJEIEEBCEAA.bvagnoni@speakeasy.net>; from bvagnoni@speakeasy.net on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 02:20:34AM -0400 References: <BHEOJOMCFODELNKHPGJEIEEBCEAA.bvagnoni@speakeasy.net>
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 02:20:34AM -0400, SPEAKEASY <bvagnoni> 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?
Forget about Red Hat. It ships with a beta compiler that may or may not
work. It is also known for a great number of bugs that it ships with.
SuSE is not bad. Things generally work out of the box, and YaST is great
for new users, although it can annoy more experienced users. SuSE has
one of the best XFree86 configuration utilities (sax). All in all a very
good distribution.
FreeBSD is based on an older and more mature codebase. It has incredible
performance and stability. I'm sure that many people here will be able
to tell you more.
My suggestion is to try them all. Decide for yourself which you like
better.
- v
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Victor R. Cardona
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