Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:51:45 +0200 From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <86mzrso6la.fsf@amidala.datadok.no> In-Reply-To: <426686A2.4030303@gmx.net> (koen de wijs's message of "Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:43:14 %2B0200") References: <426686A2.4030303@gmx.net>
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koen de wijs <koendewijs@gmx.net> writes: > I want to try out Linux. I heard it is more user friendly and the basic > stuff will be set up during installation. The definition of "user friendly" is hardly set in stone. I for one do not equate Microsoft style demoability with user frienliness, at least for this user. I strongly suspect that in most cases, "user friendly" is really just another way of saying "just like what I'm used to". Quite a few, if not all, the major packaged Linuxes out there come with installers which will in all but a few weird cases figure out what your graphics hardware and mouse are and give you some sort of workable mode for both. That apparently makes the experience a lot less scary for a large chunk of those-who-install-Linux-for-the-first-time. Some of the packages even try to grab a network setup for you via DHCP. FreeBSD sysinstall on the other hand, will let you configure X if you choose during the install, and will configure your network the way you choose. > I really don't like the sysinstall menu. It is really unlogically. Why > isn't there a desktop and a server installation? This reminds me of somebody who turned up quite frustrated on the BLUG mailing list a while back complaining essentially that choosing the "server" option during NamedAfterComicstripMagician install gave him a Samba and web server, not the firewall with some extras he had in mind. Essentially there are too many definitions of "desktop" and "server" out there to make any real sense. The FreeBSD installer and related tools let you pick exactly the stuff you need, not some stranger's idea of what would be nice for you to prune back and swear at later. > Could anyone give me a good site that describes the differences between > FreeBSD and Linux? Google is your friend (or perhaps not in this particular case). I enjoy reading Daemon News (http://daemonnews.org) for a variety of reasons, and I vaguely remember some sensible articles on this very topic there. That URL also takes you within clicking distance of a good number of useful BSD sites. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/ "First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales"
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