Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:32:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915212917.21835A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970914234539.24420V-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Chuck Robey wrote: > There are very different flavors of Unix, that are fairly distinct. It's > probably fair to say that the top level breakdown is between the AT&T SVR4 > type, and the BSD4.4 type. You have to understand that they borrow from > each other heavily, and often in the borrowing get things badly screwed > up. > > There are a plethora of differences in other versions, but the largest > differences are between those 2 I listed above, and previous versions of > those systems. > > You _should_ learn at least one Unix from both of those categories, but do > one at a time. Choose one to get reasonably good at, and don't move to > another until you can do basic emergency recovery (playing with disks and > mount tools and processes). Porting software is one hell of a good way to > learn the programming differences, but probably not so good at teaching > sys admin-ship. So, FreeBSD is a good choice for the BSD4.4 type, a point I have sometimes made to computer science students. But what's a good SVR4 choice--any free ones? Any versions of Linux that qualify? Annelise
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