From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 23 7:58:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fbsd.bosa.ca (cr1003901-a.rct1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.37.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A70037B422 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 07:58:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kulraj@bosa.ca) Received: from ska1 (h207-230-227-196.dccnet.com [207.230.227.196]) by fbsd.bosa.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id D8434158EB9; Wed, 23 May 2001 09:06:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <004701c0e398$9a9d2d20$64c8a8c0@kimsamy.com> From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca Account)" To: "Kutay Alper" Cc: References: <20010523101949.B2699@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Questions Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 07:56:52 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [snip] > > one of the bsd distributions. I was also wondering what were the differences > > between the 3 bsd distributions (freebsd, openbsd, and netbsd). I run a [/snip] Primary differences as I understand them are : FreeBSD - ideal for x86 hardware, (good for rookies and pro's) OpenBSD - added security consciousness, (can be daunting for first time users) NetBSD - multi platform support, (never tried it) A little simplistic view but it works for me! Regards, Kulraj Gurm ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Banning" To: "Kutay Alper" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:19 AM Subject: Re: Questions > Here is some info; > > http://www.futuresouth.com/~fullermd/freebsd/bsdvlin.html > > I know off the top, that linux has certain parts of their system > "in develelopment" while FreeBSD using the -current a separate > distribution for development. > > FreeBSD has the ports system for installing new software, which > is an excellent system for installing new software. Most users who have used > both linux and FreeBSD prefer ports by far. > > FreeBSD tends to have less drivers, but this is maybe good or bad depending > on your perspective. FreeBSD's approach seems to one that drivers are > only worth writing for good quality hardware, which keeps winmodems > and any other $15 hardware out of the picture. > > What I like about FreeBSD is that everyone is operation out of the same > source, so that you don't have one person running this type if FreeBSD > and another person running another type. > > What is perhaps the most important deciding factor in this > which-free-unix-should-I-use question is support. > I don't know about linux support, but I can tell you that FreeBSD support > is very good. > > BTW, FreeBSD does a great job of running linux and SCO software > > Hope this helps. Good luck. > > On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:29:06AM -0400, Kutay Alper wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had a couple of quick questions. I'm a long time linux user and was > > wondering how bsd compared to linux. I'm very curious and will soon install > > one of the bsd distributions. I was also wondering what were the differences > > between the 3 bsd distributions (freebsd, openbsd, and netbsd). I run a > > small business which requires a several servers and have been using linux > > distributions for that purpose. However I've been told that bsd runs better. > > Note that my questions about linux are in reference to the 2.4 kernel. > > > > Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. > > > > Kutay > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > In the force if Yoda's so strong, construct a sentence with words in > the proper order then why can't he? > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message