Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 20:11:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux Message-ID: <199610090311.UAA29231@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.961008235313.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net> from "wb2oyc@cyberenet.net" at Oct 8, 96 11:42:06 pm
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wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > > >From a long time user of Linux (favorite distribution is > Debian), and a newbie to FreeBSD, I'd have to say at this > point that I prefer Linux. That is without consideration > for ANY differences in the architecture or internals, and > purely from a user perspective. The things I'm having > problems with under FreeBSD (minicom, ppp, console behavior, > memory utilization, fvwm95, etc, etc) all work flawlessly > under Debian Linux. And no, I haven't looked at the mail > list that Doug pointed you to myself, and don't really care > to invest the time in it to be honest. To be candid, the > likelihood is very good, that for me, any of the very real > technical differences are simply a "don't care" at this > point. For what I do with it, and attempting to do much > the same with FreeBSD, I've been far more successful with > Linux, in spite of what the technocrats might say about the > differences. Period. Paul, i found the same thing to be true about driving on the "wrong" side of the street when i was in england. 3 weeks to doing solved that problem. perhaps you know how to do all these things in Linux and are not happy having to relearn Unix. fvwm, memory utilization, ppp, console, (dont use minicom) all work under FreeBSD. if you just want a desktop box, use whatever you want. if you want the most robust, cost effective, networking computer use FreeBSD. different needs, different solutions jmb ps. what's the most heavily loaded linux web|ftp server you have heard of? can it do 115GB a day? 2.5MB/s all day and 1.3MB/s all night? and still not break a sweat ;) -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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