From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 19:18:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA05992 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:18:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from proxy4.ba.best.com (root@proxy4.ba.best.com [206.184.139.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA05982 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:17:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsampley@bsampley.vip.best.com) Received: from bsampley (bsampley.vip.best.com [206.184.160.196]) by proxy4.ba.best.com (8.8.7/8.8.BEST) with SMTP id TAA09321; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:15:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:12:09 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley X-Sender: bsampley@bsampley To: King-Hou Lam cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux vs. freebsd In-Reply-To: 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This question is not easy to answer. There are several variables involved, depending on what you want to accomplish with your system. I think the best way to figure out which is best for your situation is to try both and keep the one you are more comfortable with. I have tried both and determined that FreeBSD is best for my current situation. The single most important thing you need to do, prior to trying either, is to BACK-UP YOUR DATA from your current system! Hope this helps (and doesn't create any enemies on the list :-) ) - - burton - On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, King-Hou Lam wrote: > > Hi, > > I just hear about freebsd. I am interested. I am trying to decide which > one to get, linux or freebsd. I don't know much about either OS. Please > help me choose which one to get and provide the pros and cons. > > Thank you very much. > > King Lam > > - --------------- Burton Sampley bsampley@best.com or bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu PGP key available at http://www.best.com/~bsampley/pgp.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNHT8EHt2O8KJtMdBAQGtRQP/fPCHUj0m1kUppFU5u8ny/lHfJ1OAd4HT ZXlO7wXBo03DY3EvL+rh0R3XZzNPdGGsx2Af461NzWHVQE3bjlzk8tdBc4LBRuhN s124Smm46WCA77Z9tjhs8e5rAwCr/fXiOCnnNO2/uhL0UZAbQiJGcEr6TlHZNSDy 5lBiJIJqjhw= =FzpE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----