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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:18:22 +1000
From:      Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro
Message-ID:  <1203419902.6470.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20080219114803.V2675@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 11:48 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > Hi.
> > How FreeBSD differ from any Linx distro like Ubuntu?
> 
> by not being linux at all.

FreeBSD is more a server than a desktop system. Ubuntu particularly is
more of a desktop.

That said, because it is a server its a hell of a lot more stable. I
know of an old server that was up for over a year and half without
rebooting. That has its drawbacks in that the fancy software like in
some multimedia takes longer to become available, but as an X box it'll
run better than others.

For reference, FreeBSD doesn't run linux software- it uses different
software distributions. But it can run some using a built in emulator-
but not off the bat, it has to be installed the "BSD way".




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