From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 27 14:46:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net (smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net [212.1.128.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E3B15933 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from harry_newton@telinco.co.uk) Received: from smtp2.cluster1.telinco.net ([212.1.128.151] helo=smtp2.telinco.net) by smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #4) id 12DxgQ-000D7y-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:46:34 +0000 Received: from chimaera.locus (root@ppp-1-81.cvx1.telinco.net [212.1.136.81]) by smtp2.telinco.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA13461 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:46:32 GMT Received: from chimaera.locus (harry@localhost) by chimaera.locus (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with ESMTP id XAA03196 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:14:23 GMT Message-Id: <200001272314.XAA03196@chimaera.locus> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Relative Merits of FreeBSD X-Mailer: new MH 1.0 X-Op.135: Muss es sein ? Es muss sein. Organisation: Gaudeamus Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:14:23 +0000 From: Harry Newton Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am currently running Linux ( Debian 2.1 ) on a Pentium, and am thinking about converting to FreeBSD and would like to make an informed choice --- so I need some additional information. I I am not interested in theoretical ( or political ) points, only really the experiences of folk who have knowledge of both systems. I don't care about the difference in licences, nor the fact that I will have to relearn some administration. I come from a Solaris/Digital UNIX background, and I guess am really interested in any differences I would notice as a user of the machine. I don't do anything too fancy with the machine, mainly coding (C, Java) and TeXing and web browsing/mail reading. I am aware that FreeBSD, out of the box, is less set-up than Linux ( in terms of applications ). I guess I am really after folks thoughts about using the two systems, but a few specifics occured to me: o Is there anything I can do in Linux that I can't do in BSD ( & vice-versa ) ? o FreeBSD is often claimed to be more stable and quicker than Linux --- how true is this is practice ? o Is there any advice that you give to someone who is going to make such a change ? Many thanks for your forebearance ! Regards, Harry P.S. `Linux vs BSD' searches, and similar, on the Web have nearly all yielded potted histories, which though interesting, are not the kind of thing I am looking for. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message