Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 19:04:04 -0500 From: Stephen Derdau <sderdau@ne.mediaone.net> To: Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <36438E74.85A0866@ne.mediaone.net> References: <4.1.19981102162944.00cc6ec0@mail.netconstruct.com> <19981106165913.B13675@cityip.co.za> <19981107095107.C499@freebie.lemis.com>
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Run them both. I've been fiddling around with FreeBSD for 4 years now. It's taught me quit alot. I really love my FreeBSD machinnnne ! I recently installed RedHat on a 2nd machine to learn linux and be able to compare. Also the big hype about Linux got me interested. Had to see what netscape, intel and others were talking about. Not sure if RedHat is eaiser to install or not with the RPMs I've only had one experience trying to install gcc. That was fun until I found a rpm for gcc. However the following link says alot about both: http://www.fsf.org Have fun and enjoy !! Also I would like to say thanks for the great OS ! :-) Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Friday, 6 November 1998 at 16:59:13 +0200, Johann Visagie wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Nov 1998 at 16:31 SAST, Martin Leufray III wrote: > >> > >> There is a raging debate in our offices about FreeBSD vs. Linux. We are an > >> international consulting firm and our internal decisions affect a lot of data > >> centers. > >> > >> Is there a definitive comparison anywhere? > > > > Every "expert" will have his own opinion. > > > > As for mine: If you want to run stable, reliable, maintainable servers, go > > for FreeBSD. (There are many other applications where I would recommend > > Linux, but that's besides the point.) > > > > My own summary of the entire debate: > > > > * Linux is a PC OS that happens to be Unix-like. > > * FreeBSD is Berkeley Unix that happens to run on a PC. > > > > The more I learn, the more applicable it seems (though I know some disagree > > with me). > > Yes, I'm one of them. > > To the casual observer, there is *no difference* between Linux and > FreeBSD. If you look closer, the differences you'll see are mainly > historical. If you look in the source code, you'll see the real > differences: FreeBSD is more mature code, and it expends more effort > making the system run well in an environment with a large number of > processes. I think it unlikely, for example, that you could create a > system like wcarchive (ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt) > using Linux. > > What does this mean for the average desktop user? Nothing. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Thank You /SD FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 24 02:20:10 EDT 1998 **http://www.freebsd.org/search.html "Alot of answers found here see FAQ's"** ***** FreeBSD IT's HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS FREE ! http://www.FreeBSD.org ***** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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