From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 17 22:07:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA21914 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:07:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA21894 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:06:58 -0800 (PST) (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 WAA04931; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:31:35 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:31:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: William S Rickards III cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Vs. FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <349869F8.A364C09C@thunder.ocis.temple.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, William S Rickards III wrote: > I have the Linux Slackware version 3.0 installation disks > downloaded onto my PC. I heard about FreeBSD and was wondering > what were the differences? > I searched the web page for information... some sort of comparison, > but was unable to find such an item. > > I am an undergraduate computer science major at Temple University... > I work mostly on Digital Unix and SunOS... > I don't know the differences between different versions of UNIX... > I just know I have to change the syntax for some commands when > on different servers. Stock answer (which everyone on the list is probably sick of by now): http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm It has emails polled from countless discussions of FreeBSD vs. Linux, as well as a few FreeOS's vs. MS, Free vs. Open vs NetBSD, and others. > later > will *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | 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 | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*