From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 11 14:46:22 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 14:46:15 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C131037B69C for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:46:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id EBA246AB68; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:16:06 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:16:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: DC West Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compared to Debian GNU/Linux? Message-ID: <20001212091606.U69363@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from dccwest@hotmail.com on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:40:21PM +0000 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 11 December 2000 at 22:40:21 +0000, DC West wrote: > Greetings, > > Did we understand correctly that FreeBSD can run anything for Debian > GNU/Linux on iX86 architecture? For certain values of "anything", yes. It's possible that some programs might not run, but it's been a while since I've heard of any. Kernel modules will not run, however. > If so, do you know of any "disadvantages" with FreeBSD compared to > Debian GNU/Linux then?? No. > Also, is FreeBSD pretty much the most "logical" BSD choice for > anyone coming from Windows, currently looking into Debian > GNU/Linux??? Coming from Windows, none of the BSDs are "logical". I'd certainly recommend FreeBSD, and I think you'll find it easier to install than OpenBSD or NetBSD. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message