From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 6 11:55:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21290 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:55:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp.enteract.com (thor.enteract.com [207.229.143.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA21277 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:55:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrs@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 25688 invoked from network); 6 Nov 1998 19:54:58 -0000 Received: from adam.enteract.com (jrs@206.54.252.1) by thor.enteract.com with SMTP; 6 Nov 1998 19:54:58 -0000 Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:54:58 -0600 (CST) From: John Sconiers To: Aaron Parmelee cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux or freebsd In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981106132012.00914120@net66.com> 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 > i have never used freebsd or linux, but i have used unix (to a certain > extent) at work. i would like to learn more about unix by putting it on my > personal machine at home. i have two flavors: redhat linux 5.1 and the > walnut creek release of freebsd 2.2.7.. at the most, i will be using the > machine to check email (and the web), learn to take care of a unix box, and > c programming. which would be better for my purposes? i have tried the Thebest way to find out is by trying. > linux, but it was (apparantly) incompatible with some of my hardware, which > freebsd can (i hope) handle Your best bet would be to go to the FAQ and make sure we support your hardware other wise it might be a bad experience. JOHN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message