Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 02:32:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> To: RHS Camel Smoker <bbobb@blerg.dyn.ml.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux vs fbsd Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.970925022414.23288A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970924220123.5609A-100000@blerg.dyn.ml.org>
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FreeBSD is by far, a better operating system. Why? Well, first, pretty much anything you can run on Linux will run on FreeBSD with very little effort. FreeBSD has over 1000 ports of some of the latest and greatest UN*X software (i.e. Perl, AfterStep, ssh, Netscape, Apache, Samba, and netatalk). It's rock solid, and has, by far, the best support of all of any Intel operating system. If I have a question, this list, or people like Greg Lehey and Brian Sommers will answer it expediently. FreeBSD is constantly growing, simple to install, extremely powerful, and highly addictive. As for playing around with it, it's got a load of games, window managers, drawing/painting apps, and tricks. Linux, in my opinion, is too mixed up and confusing. You have a variety of different Linux kinds, with support being muddled, and at times, hard to find. FreeBSD has one central outlet for support, upgrades, and apps, with easy-to-find links to related sites, and related documentation. Plus, if that doesn't win you, FreeBSD has that kick-ass daemon for a logo. -Joe Clarke On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, RHS Camel Smoker wrote: > > freebsd users tell me linux sucks. > linux users tell me freebsd sucks. > > what's the big difference? from what I've heard, linux is cooler to play > around with, and fBSD is cooler for security/stability (and maybe even to > play aroud with ;-)). > > I'm running linux right now...but I've got fBSD 2.2, and I don't wanna > wait to get another puter to install it on... > > > : BBoBB : >
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