From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 25 4: 5:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lvdi.net (Mta.lvdi.net [216.24.138.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24ABF156A8 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:05:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from notme@lvdi.net) Received: from lvdi.net ([216.24.141.7]) by lvdi.net ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:04:04 2000 PDT Message-ID: <37734816.A0753CD1@lvdi.net> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:12:54 -0700 From: notme Organization: me++ X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: aaron Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux References: <000701bebe67$24c742a0$c58cbacc@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Well, a year ago, when I was 16, I first touched on FreeBSD, and I am glad that I didn't start from Linux. Although at first FreeBSD *seems* a bit harder then Linux (usage and installation), I personally find the "build-it-yourself" personallity of FreeBSD much satifying. I also found (well, don't bash me... just my opinion) that Linux to be a bit too "sugar coated." (although at the same time, it means userfriendly :) If you're looking forward to use UNIX as a learning tool, FreeBSD is the way to go! (Heck, I started as a beginner last year, and learned through websites to setup fileservers and stuff like that...) On the other hand, I found Linux to be a bit more userfriendly... (But at the same time, you don't learn as much from the process of setting stuff up yourself...:) Well, above was just a very subjective and personal view. As you can see, I would encourage you to use FreeBSD. (It's free, and you don't have to worry about the different slackware and redhat... :) here's some FreeBSD resource www.freebsd.org http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/topics.htm www.freebsdrocks.com you can download FreeBSD at ftp.cdrom.com or buy the book with 4 CDs (I which includes all the port selections and actual "installation files" [distfiles]) for a bit less then US$50 Hope I helped :) Frankie aaron wrote: > Hi.I am a COMPLETE newcomer to unix operating systems...in fact, I > really dont have anything yet to begin working with it. I was > thinking of getting a Linux distribution but the best ones seem to > cost a good bit of money (and I am only 17 and have none!)....So I was > thinking about trying FreeBSD.... My question is...Is FreeBSD just > like using Unix or Linux......for example, if I was to get a guide for > helping people use unix or linux, would I be able to use the guide for > FreeBSD??? THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!! Aaron Lynnmerch@ptd.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message