From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 2 9:33:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp016.mail.yahoo.com (smtp016.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D522037B422 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 2 May 2001 09:33:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsdq@yahoo.com) Received: from h2.impactidealsolutions.com (HELO support10) (216.98.200.91) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 May 2001 16:33:36 -0000 X-Apparently-From: <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Message-Id: <SAK.2001.05.02.rdkckhjt@support10> Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:36:32 -0600 X-Priority: 3 From: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Mail Warrior To: keith_proffitt@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re:FreeBSD vs Lenix Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Mailer-Version: v3.57 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would stay stick with FreeBSD -- I used linux [RedHat 6.1], and that thing was a nightmare. You might want to go with Linux just to learn Unix a bit, as the installs are generally easier and it's more of an idiot-proof kinda setup. If you are a serious computer user/Unix user I would definitely suggest FreeBSD -- so far I haven't found anything better [Sys admin on Solaris 8 sparc -- still think FBSD is much beeter :) ] I would go read up on Unix in general still and then make your own decision but here is one thing you will very often find in the mailing list: people dumping linux and going to FreeBSD -- Linux is just the learning step and then after you learn unix enought you go to FreeBSD to get serious :). On 05/02/2001 10:13:02 AM, KP is quoted as saying: . . . .|What is better for a person new to the *nix world, . . . .|Linux or FreeBSD? . . . .| . . . .|I purchased the CD Box set (10 CDs) from BSDi and have . . . .|been trying to install for 2 weeks now, with no . . . .|success (See previous posting: "Kernel/Config Install . . . .|problems DFE-530TX+, fd0, config> di fe0, and more"). . . . .| . . . .| . . . .|I spoke with a friend (AIX and Sol SysAdmin) about my . . . .|project and he suggested I drop FreeBSD and go with . . . .|RedHat Linux. He said more companies migrating over . . . .|to the RedHat Linux than any other OS and that RedHat . . . .|Linux is close in understanding to AIX. . . . .| . . . .|I am new to BSD and have no Unix background. I have . . . .|invested time and money in trying to get the BSD OS . . . .|configured properly, but I am wondering if invested . . . .|unwisely. . . . .| . . . .|Keith . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .|__________________________________________________ . . . .|Do You Yahoo!? . . . .|Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices . . . .|http://auctions.yahoo.com/ . . . .| . . . .|To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org . . . .|with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message www.nul.cjb.net www.FreeBSD.org _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message