From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 21 20:17:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from watson.ficsgrp.com (watson.ficsgrp.com [194.74.111.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAD614F24 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from harry.woodward-clarke@s1.com) Received: from mail.au.ficsgrp.com ([194.74.111.35]) by watson.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA16D7 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:17:05 +0100 Received: from S1.com ([172.16.48.219]) by mail.au.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id 244; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:20:43 +1100 Message-ID: <3838C361.A7887CCD@S1.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:15:29 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Allix Primus Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD, NetBSD vs FreeBSD ? References: <98846.942829802@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <010401bf349f$23015ec0$44ecfea9@user> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Allix Primus wrote: > > I'm new to freebsd and was just wondering what is the difference between > freebsd , netbsd and openbsd ? Is there an advantage to using one over the > other ? Hi Allix, FreeBSD is sort of the 'Linux' of the *BSD world ( * Harry ducks for cover). It's (fairly) light, robust and works mostly on i386 platform, with an Alpha port and (I think) a PowerPC port - correct me if I'm wrong - or see OpenBSD is for the (ahem) 'paranoid'. If you want a secure OS right out of the box, then OpenBSD is for you. see It supports a couple of hardware platforms including i386 and Sparc. NetBSD has lots of support for 'interesting' hardware - some of it no longer at the 'leading edge' of technology - e.g. MicroVAX II and such - but you require a *BSD O/S for them, otherwise your wife will make you throw that 'junk' out ;') see They are all 'Open Source' - and all are pretty darn stable. All are actively being enhanced and used. And all are loved by their respective groups. To me, they are "horses for courses". If I still had my uVAX-3500, I'd use Net. If I were a bit more paranoid than I am now, I'd use Open. For the moment I'm using Free, as it sits nicely behind the "Bleeding Edge" (a.k.a. Linux ;'), and I presently have a corporate firewall protecting me from my own stupid mistakes ;'} hth, |-| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message