From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 23 11:18:55 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA17461 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:18:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA17442 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:18:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from chinook.fishbone.com (root@chinook.fishbone.com [206.101.70.2]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id LAA10458 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:09:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from alan (line3.fci.net [206.101.70.195]) by chinook.fishbone.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA07217 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:09:03 -0800 Message-ID: <32BED82B.1D6F@netassociates.com> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:06:19 -0800 From: Alan Curtis Reply-To: alan@netassociates.com Organization: Network Associates X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Linux vs. FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As a novice to the whole FreeBSD/Linux thing, I would have to say from looking at binary archives that FreeBSD is the more common platform. One problem is that the Linux shell automatically recognizes the WD7000 SCSI card whereas the FreeBSD does not at all. Any solutions? I am interested in using FreeBSD, but am presently more interested in Linux because of its ease of use upon installation. --Alan