Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:18:44 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Popularity Message-ID: <199609131118.NAA19492@allegro.lemis.de>
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Jim Casey writes: > > How popular is FreeBSD in comparrison to Linux ? As other people have said, that depends. It's *much* more popular with me :-) If you're looking for figures (how many people have bothered to register), I think Linux outnumbers FreeBSD by about 10 to 1. I personally think that just goes to show that FreeBSD users are more likely to register than Linux users, and the real number of people who have installed the system and use it might be as high as 100 to 1. But as somebody pointed out, Linux is a whole lot better than DOS, and DOS users outnumber Linux users by probably 1000 to 1. > I am looking for a Unix OS to practice on. I manage a Sco Unix based > network and want something That I can "Bang on". Linux was ok, But I am > wondering if FreeBsd would be more like SCO. I think you'll find that Linux and FreeBSD are closer to each other than they are to SCO. I've used SCO a lot, and it's a *pain*. On the other hand, if you just want to keep the same environment as SCO, why not use SCO? You can even legally get it for free for the purposes for which you want to use it (see http://www3.sco.com/Company/Announce/p081996e.htm for more details). On the other hand, if you want a good, stable, *usable* system, try FreeBSD. I'd lay a small wager that you won't want to go back to SCO. Greg
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