Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:15:12 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <746571644.20050421061512@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <426686A2.4030303@gmx.net> References: <426686A2.4030303@gmx.net>
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koen de wijs writes: > I'm new to unix. This year I tried FreeBSD. Some friend of mine adviced > FreeBSD. I think it works great. Only one thing that I don't like is > that you will need to know a lot to setup a lot of basic stuff. That is the nature of UNIX. > I want to try out Linux. I heard it is more user friendly and the basic > stuff will be set up during installation. Some distributions are. If you want to use UNIX without knowing how it works, Linux is a good choice. > I really don't like the sysinstall menu. It is really unlogically. Why > isn't there a desktop and a server installation? Because FreeBSD, like most other versions of UNIX, is intended for people who are familiar with UNIX. Additionally, FreeBSD, like most other versions of UNIX, works best as a server. If you want a desktop, Linux is probably a better choice. -- Anthony
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