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Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com>
To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com>
Cc: keith_proffitt@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re:FreeBSD  vs  Lenix
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Yes Keith, I will vouch for that!  I started my unix days on Slackware
Linux version 1.1.13.  That thing wouldn't even recognize my ethernet card
(intel etherexpress pro 100).  Found out that I had to get an ether
express pro 100B (had to be the B) to work, and even at that, I had to
recompile the kernel.  But, those were the old days of Linux.  I am sure
it is much easier now.

But, I moved from Linux to BSDI (went to work for a company who used BSDI 
on their systems), then from BSDI to FreeBSD on my own box, as I liked the
BSD style much better than the linux.

Sincerely,

Rick Duvall

On Wed, 2 May 2001, Peter wrote:

>  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
> . . . .|
> . . . .|
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