From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 5 17:51:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA26541 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:51:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA26480 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:51:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA02465; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:50:20 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:50:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Per Beckman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? In-Reply-To: <01bd4871$5c9ded40$3695c6c3@beckman> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id RAA26485 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Per Beckman wrote: > Hi! > > My name is Per Beckman, and I have this little problem > I tought you might be able to help me with... > > You see, a few months ago my school were given a few > Sun Solaris SparcStation > I didnīt know anything about unix from beginning, but I knew > it was one of the greatest os.. Anyway, I had to learn pretty > much, and know when Iīm quitting school I just canīt stop > using unix. Since I knew I couldīnt afford to buy my own Workstation, I began > looking at Linux and FreeBSD. Now, heres the question: > Which should I use? > FreeBSD or Linux? > (now I have a Intel 200 PC) Well, for obvious reasons, you'll get the answer 'FreeBSD' from asking on a freebsd list ;) I have a web page setup with previous comparisons between FreeBSD and linux, as well as some Open|NetBSD and I think a few other UN*X's thrown in for good measure. The page is at: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm Hope it helps!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message