Date: 25 Jan 2003 08:14:36 -0700 From: "Jon M. Ernster" <jernster@dumbfounded.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Scott Emerson Longley <emerson@WPI.EDU>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch Message-ID: <1043507676.895.24.camel@majorly> In-Reply-To: <20030125132533.GF1042@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301250011070.2571-100000@emdall.WPI.EDU> <20030125132533.GF1042@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 06:25, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 25 January 2003 at 0:27:38 -0500, Scott Emerson Longley wrote: > > I'm about ready to ditch Windoze for good and I'm spending what little > > free time I can find to prepare by researching FreeBSD. Currently, I run > > two OpenBSD servers and use a 3rd OpenBSD system (a laptop) as a portable > > terminal. I have 3 years of *nix (OpenBSD, true64, linux) experience, but > > only one years experience as an administrator (OpenBSD). My main desktop > > system is W2k and I am sick and tired of it. I have decided to replace W2k > > with FreeBSD, as it is more suited to desktop use than OpenBSD. Now that > > I'm done babbling, here's my question: > > Interesting question. What makes you think that FreeBSD is more > suited to the desktop than OpenBSD? I think there's a difference in ease of use in general; ports - they're divided up into more general directories in FreeBSD as for OpenBSD has a bunch of ports shoved into directories. With FreeBSD you know you're running the most current ports (If you aren't, something may not work and that's the first thing you should check.) I run FreeBSD on the laptop I type this out on, where as my router runs OpenBSD and I don't think I'd run OpenBSD for anything else. > > > What major differences will I encounter (post-install) as a new FreeBSD > > user/administrator that my OpenBSD experience wouldn't have prepared me > > for? > > It's difficult to quantify what differences you're likely to see. > Installation will probably seem easier. You'll find different device > names for disks. On the whole, I think the important differences > you'll find will be with the "desktop" software you choose, and > they'll be differences from Microsoft, not from OpenBSD. I've never ran X in OpenBSD but I don't imagine it'd be a whole lot different than FreeBSD other than ease of use, less likeliness running into port problems, etc. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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