From owner-freebsd-small Tue Sep 15 21:30:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27017 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:30:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.dcfinc.com (freebie.dcfinc.com [138.113.5.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27012 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:30:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chad@freebie.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freebie.dcfinc.com (8.8.7/8.8.3a) id VAA18189; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:30:01 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <199809160430.VAA18189@freebie.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD To: c.avis@rama.com.au (Chris Avis) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:30:00 -0700 (MST) Cc: linux-embedded@waste.org, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <35FF3766.B2551EC4@rama-tech.com> from Chris Avis at "Sep 16, 98 11:58:30 am" Reply-to: chad@dcfinc.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have been using Redhat Linux for some time and will admit > that I sometimes get confused with the different variants of > Linux and the different ways things are done (e.g. Caldera). > In this respect the FreeBSD solution is extremely well > documented in the "FreeBSD Handbook". > > Does anyone have any suggestions ? I have run both Linux and FreeBSD systems for a couple of years. My opinion (the only one I'm qualified to offer) is that FreeBSD is =very= much better in unity of the package, and generally from the view of someone who wants to use the system in a production environment. Linux, on the other hand, leads if you're looking for bleeding-edge (like device drivers for the latest-n-greatest sound card) or are concerned with POSIX compatibility. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org chad@anasazi.com larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message