From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 4 20:28:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net (dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net [129.250.36.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF3637B422 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:28:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [129.250.38.62] (helo=dfw-mmp2.email.verio.net) by dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #7) id 13W9PO-000617-00; Tue, 05 Sep 2000 03:28:26 +0000 Received: from [204.1.90.43] (helo=gs.verio.net) by dfw-mmp2.email.verio.net with esmtp (Exim 3.15 #4) id 13W9PN-0002e8-00; Tue, 05 Sep 2000 03:28:25 +0000 Message-ID: <39B46858.3BCBE8AF@gs.verio.net> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 22:28:24 -0500 From: Tony Johnson Reply-To: gjohnson@gs.verio.net Organization: Expert Solutions, L.L.C X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chad O. Thompson" Cc: SUNIL KOTAI , FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccna References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Historically the "FreeBSD VS. Linux" thing has been squashed. Please no more replies as u can use Cisco IOS under minicom, which works on both Linux and FreeBSD. The idea of "Language" has nothing to do with OS's unless you are writing an Operating System. Look at the choices the Cisco says fullfils the "Language" requirement for CCNA and go with that... "Chad O. Thompson" wrote: > > Maybe someone with CCNA exam experience can detail this more than I can > (I'm just a software developer, not a networking guy...) > > It probably does not really matter which one if you are simply interested > in learning UNIX commands, programming languages, etc. To the majority of > users (non-admins), the interfaces are identical. So, for learning UNIX > commands, etc., just go with whichever one is readily available. > > That being said, if you are more interested in the strict networking and > TCP/IP implemenations, FreeBSD is probably the better choice, since most > commercial Unix implementations use the same TCP/IP stack, as far as I am > aware. A lot of "big" web sites use FreeBSD for servers, due to better > network performance, etc. > > Can someone else improve on this response? (Or, if interested, just flame > me?) > > Chad > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, SUNIL KOTAI wrote: > > > I read one of your articles debating BSD or Linux. > > Perhaps you can help. I'm a novice at UNIX and I'm > > interested in pursuing the Cisco Certified Network > > Associate course. Which version of UNIX should I go > > for in order to do well in the language part of the > > exam? > > > > Appreciate it if I get a reply. > > > > sunil_kotai@yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message