Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:50:10 +0200 From: Ertan Kucukoglu <ertank@ozlerplastik.com> To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AVP for Linux under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3A781812.A0E2A23D@ozlerplastik.com> References: <200101311307.f0VD7mm131993@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
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"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote: > > >>>> Second of all, why not run Avp using the OS it was designed for? > >>> > >>> Explained through bottom of my first mail. In short explanation: > >>> Because my company holders do not want to give money just for > >>> protection. :( And, there is nothing that I can do with that mind. > >> > >> No, I mean you can use Avp for Linux on Linux. You don't have > >> to pay for Linux. This makes sense, doesn't it? > > > > Yes it makes sense, but this mean another machine. I do not like > > to do that. In the end maybe this is one of the solutions. > > What is the FreeBSD box doing that a Linux box couldn't do? It's nothing. Just more stable and faster than Linux according to me. I like FreeBSD. I do not say that Linux is bad or something. I just like FreeBSD more than Linux. > I doubt you'd really need two machines. I do not like to setup two machines. If my bosses aggreed for paying money, I have all the things done in with one machine. > >> Choose whatever distribution is suggested for the product, > >> or Debian if none is suggested. > > > > I do not know if it suggests any distribution. I did not use Debian. > > I heard good things about it. I also heard good things about Caldera. > > Used Slackware and RedHat previously. (I like Slackware. I do not > > like RedHat) > > Debian has multiple branches like FreeBSD does. The "unstable" one > is actually quite stable; I use it at work with the 2.4.0 kernel. > I can upgrade every package to the latest version by running just > two commands, without any compiling. The system can even upgrade > critical stuff like "init" and the C libraray without a reboot. > To get the latest version of everything installed, you'd do: > > apt-get update # download latest package database > apt-get upgrade # upgrade anything that needs an upgrade > > To install foo, "apt-get install foo" is all you need. > > Caldera, Mandrake, and many others are Red Hat rip-offs. They take > the Red Hat stuff, make minor changes, and call it theirs. When they > screw up they don't know what happened. > > Red Hat itself is a bit buggy, but otherwise OK. Why didn't you > like it? I used it while I was a newbie to both RedHat and UNIX. I like to do settings with my hand. RedHat forced me to use linuxconf. After, I used Slackware and find it more suitable for me. Also, I faced some bugs with RedHat. linuxconf did some odd things. After that I started to look for another Linux. During my search I heared about FreeBSD. It was 3.2 in those days. Just give it a try at home. At first find it hard to use (csh :) Tried it at work to see performance difference with Linux and after a while changed my Linux server with FreeBSD. Now it is 4.2-STABLE and I'm pretty happy with it. > > Slackware is nearly BSD with a Linux kernel. It just isn't normal. > Regular Linux systems are supposed to have UNIX-style init scripts > for example, while Slackware has BSD-style init scripts. The package > system is weak and slow. Slackware looks doomed too, since it is now > owned by BSDI. > > BTW, if a few hundred $ is a problem, you might look for a new job. Thank you for the suggestion. I'll do my military job first, after that I will :) > The company is about to die I think. Successful companies spend No, It's economical status is not so bad. It is a family company. Not big, nor small. Have money, but father, and childs do not want to spend it. That's all. > whatever they need to spend. Often every PC gets a virus scanner, > with signature updates pushed across the network as needed. You're %100 correct, but... BTW, thanks for your advices. Regards, -- Ertan Kucukoglu ertank@ozlerplastik.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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