From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 5 16:32:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA22280 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 16:32:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA22244 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 16:32:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA08534; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:32:09 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:32:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Aaron Johnson cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: RedHAT 5 or Free BSD In-Reply-To: <01BD60B9.831D6580@g-force.freelance> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Aaron Johnson wrote: > I am currently using RedHAT v3 and I am looking to move to another OS. > Please e-mail me with reasons why I should buy freebsd rather than RedHAT 5. > > Sensible reasons please not.(cos it's better) Take a look at: http://www.futuresouth.com/~fullermd/freebsd/bsdvlin.html A concensus that came up recently was this: FreeBSD is a BSD UNIX that happens to run of PC's Linux (any linux) is a PC OS that happens to be vaguely POSIX-ish > aaron@aaronfcsi.force9.co.uk *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message