Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 21:57:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@bitbox.follo.net> To: Chris Brown <CBROWN@seitz.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finding documentation for FreeBSD. Message-ID: <199705031957.VAA00632@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: Chris Brown's message of 03 May 97 13:45:09 -0500 References: <945C782F012E0F00@seitz.com>
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> > > I am getting ready to build up several servers for mail, web > server, ftp server, DNS etc. and several lower level machines for > remote site routing and mail. The systems that are being seriously > considered are FreeBSD and Linux. I have been gravitating tward > Linux primarily because the documentation is easier to find and seams > to be in a format that is more simple to use. The UN*X world in > general is fairly new to me and documentation and support at this > time are extremely important. > > What are the best sources of documentation other than the > FreeBSD handbook and the FAQs. The man pages. Also, most of the Linux HOWTOs should apply fairly well to FreeBSD - many of those are fairly generic. > Is there a compelling reason to use FreeBSD over Linux? For > some time our servers will be fairly bandwidth limited so I don't see > that there will be a large enough difference in performance to be > noticed for some time. FreeBSD has a more controlled development and distribution environment; this make at least me feel much safer running FreeBSD than Linux on production servers. Eivind.
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