From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 21 20:21:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E5914F2D for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:21:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from sasknow.com (ntstn [10.0.0.2]) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA17503; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:21:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Message-ID: <3838C598.492EA23A@sasknow.com> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:24:56 -0600 From: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) 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 ? This isn't really a topic for -questions. I suggest you follow -advocacy for a while, and maybe start a thread (or follow one) on -chat, lest ye restart the proverbial OS flamewar in -questions :-) The short answer to your question is there IS no "better" BSD, necessarily. Depending on your application, each will have its benefits. Since you are posting this question on a FreeBSD mailing list, you will understandably receive a response biased heavily toward the same. However, most experienced posters here have tried more than one flavour, and may be able to share a few of their experiences. My advice to you would be to test each. I'm replying to -questions in case you don't follow -chat. Please send any replies to this thread there. -- Ryan Thompson VP Technical/Accounts ryan@sasknow.com (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th Street East Saskatoon, Sask S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message