Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:46:22 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: koen de wijs <koendewijs@gmx.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050420124614.07250780@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <426686A2.4030303@gmx.net>
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At 11:43 4/20/2005, koen de wijs wrote: >Hello folks, > > >I'm new to unix. This year I tried FreeBSD. Some friend of mine adviced=20 >FreeBSD. I think it works great. Only one thing that I don't like is=20 >that you will need to know a lot to setup a lot of basic stuff. >I want to try out Linux. I heard it is more user friendly and the basic=20 >stuff will be set up during installation. > >I really don't like the sysinstall menu. It is really unlogically. Why=20 >isn't there a desktop and a server installation? > > >Could anyone give me a good site that describes the differences between=20 >FreeBSD and Linux? There are some significant differences especially where servers are concerned--some links below. As far as the desktop environment goes, supposedly most anything that compiles on Linux, should compile on FreeBSD. http://tinyurl.com/2f8np http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html http://tinyurl.com/6xhrz http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux8.php http://www.InternetWeek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D12800936 http://Search.Yahoo.com/search?p=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 http://www.Google.com/search?q=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 Much of what runs on Linux also runs on FreeBSD, either 'natively' or using Linux emulation. http://www.Google.com/search?q=3DFreeBSD+features+Linux Here is an installation how-to that I've worked up: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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