From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 28 09:05:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA19619 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:05:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.wxs.nl (smtp04.wxs.nl [195.121.6.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA19610 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:05:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from diabolique.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.59.12]) by smtp04.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA223B; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:04:26 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:08:06 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Al Stodolski Subject: RE: Stand alone PC w/FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 28-Oct-98 Al Stodolski wrote: > Hello all, > I'm considering putting FreeBSD on my machine at home for X Windows > development using C/C++. I am not using this machine for much else. What > are the advantages of using FreeBSD vs Linux? I'm finding much of FreeBSD's > uses towards web servers, ftp servers etc. I have searched high and low for > individuals who use it beacuse it is just a better workstation but no luck. As far as I see it I find the Core-Team a relief to be an integral part of the FreeBSD project. Linux has a larger support base, but I find the attitude of the 'FreeBSD people' much more lenient than those of the Linux ones. Linux in itself isn't that bad, quite good it happened to the world actually, although I hate the diversity of distributions, all with their own differences and incompatibilities. A real answer cannot be given though, as it is entirely a matter of preference. I used Linux and got in touch with FreeBSD at work and loved the more clear lay-out and switched completely to FreeBSD... Try them both and see which ye like better... HTH, --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl Junior Network/Security Specialist FreeBSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message