From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 17:39:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72DD16A420 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:39:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spap@avrolymos.com) Received: from rly-ip08.mx.aol.com (rly-ip08.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6581143D48 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:39:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spap@avrolymos.com) Received: from smtp-los04.proxy.aol.com (smtp-los04.proxy.aol.com [195.93.24.101]) by rly-ip08.mx.aol.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k0QKbSoB028561; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:37:52 -0500 Received: from koukou (ACC8C8CA.ipt.aol.com [172.200.200.202]) by smtp-los04.proxy.aol.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k0IHcx43027939; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:39:00 -0500 Message-Id: <200601181739.k0IHcx43027939@smtp-los04.proxy.aol.com> From: "Spiros Papadopoulos" To: "'Matias'" Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:35:14 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 thread-index: AcYcSBCyhVzuAjOWQpOB2bRHuWjnqAACGgiA X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.43 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:39:35 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Matias > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:55 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux > poczta@gbkonto.net wrote: > > > What is the essential difference > > between FreeBSD and Linux (Fedora for instance)? > > Where can I find any list of differences? > > What/Where are the advantages of FreeBSD vs Linux? You seem to have never used FreeBSD before. The answer to this question is huge. Your best friend is the internet (i.e. google.com) as people already mentioned. For example imagine that people may understand "technical differences"!!! Of course even if at the beginning looks like a good post to "snob", between thousands of people this subject might have very good results. First: Whether Linux or FreeBSD is better, is totally subjective. I can install FreeBSD and start editing and building a custom kernel in 30 mins. When I sit on a Slackware (pcs in uni), I can use it of course, but I found difficult to build a custom kernel in it and to be honest before I search too much I went back to my FreeBSD. Some commands are slightly different! NO! I refuse....As long as it is available to me, I am sorry I want my FreeBSD mate! In the other hand I find knoppix the ultimate tool. The most impressing *nix like I have ever seen! I cannot go on holidays without my knoppix cd lately! That's because -->I<-- like it! Second: FreeBSD is everywhere...In computing... Remember this while reading, studying, googling for computers in the future! Now that I said googling what about http://www.google.com/bsd After typing your question to google as other people recommended, I recommend you type it to the above link too :) Third: UNIX was before Linux. ----------- I would like to ask two different questions on top of yours to complicate or maybe make things more interesting. Why there are many(!) Linux distos out there: http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html but only one freebsd? What is stopping people from making their own UNIX distributions, similar to FreeBSD? What are the differences between FreeBSD and SCO UNIXR? > > Greetings > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Give a look at gentoo .... it's inspired by FreeBSD, and is linux as > well.... the portage system works great... and as a personal opinion: Use > gentoo for Home / Desktop / Office use.... use FreeBSD For web/ftp/file/ > etc.. Servers..... > Just want to say that I believe freebsd can be used for a very large list of things. Every time I perform something new using freebsd I realize that are other, the Operating Systems that cannot do some things...or they are just doing them really simply! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"