From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 24 10:53: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mercenary.vntech.com (mercenary.vntech.com [206.147.237.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE3714C2F for ; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:53:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pezzy@vntech.com) Received: from localhost (pezzy@localhost) by mercenary.vntech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA16261; Wed, 26 May 1999 22:40:05 GMT (envelope-from pezzy@vntech.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mercenary.vntech.com: pezzy owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:40:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Patrick Walentiny To: aaron Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux In-Reply-To: <000701bebe67$24c742a0$c58cbacc@default> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Yes I would say so, FreeBSD follows the standard BSD kernel meaning it is probably even more run of the mill UNIX (if there really is such a thing) then linux is. In my humble opinion, and even if it wasn't right by the book, there is a LOT of documentation for FreeBSD. Just gotta dig a little. Patrick. On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, aaron wrote: > Hi. > I am a COMPLETE newcomer to unix operating systems...in fact, I really dont have anything yet to begin working with it. I was thinking of getting a Linux distribution but the best ones seem to cost a good bit of money (and I am only 17 and have none!)....So I was thinking about trying FreeBSD.... > > My question is... > Is FreeBSD just like using Unix or Linux......for example, if I was to get a guide for helping people use unix or linux, would I be able to use the guide for FreeBSD??? > > THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!! > > Aaron Lynn > merch@ptd.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message