From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 16:14:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D86516A4CF for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:14:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cyclone.emea.mci.com (cyclone.wcom.co.uk [193.131.254.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68C743D45 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:14:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from philip.payne@uk.mci.com) Received: from borg.emea.mci.com ([166.59.191.249] helo=ocampa.emea.mci.com) by cyclone.emea.mci.com with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1C5o2O-00030N-K9; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:14:13 +0000 Received: from gblon1exch06.uk.mcilink.com ([170.127.79.25]) by ocampa.emea.mci.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C5o2O-0000VX-0V; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:14:12 +0000 Received: by gblon1exch06.uk.mcilink.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:14:06 +0100 Message-ID: From: Philip Payne To: Johan Claesson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:13:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MCI-EMEA-Spam-Score: -98.5 (---------------------------------------------------) X-MCI-EMEA-Signature: 3ef9a1d3f805b07c82eaed36b9eb0f2a Subject: RE: Question about FreeBSD. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:14:15 -0000 > > Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to > set up a linux > server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I > find FreeBSD > quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy > to handle? > Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Redhat? > Wow... what a can of worms. Most importantly FreeBSD is not Linux. Though you'll find lots of crossover in terms of applications (e.g. XOrg, XFree86, Gnome, KDE). You'll find lots of opinion on whether FreeBSD is better than Linux and vice versa. My suggestion is you read up about each Linux distro & FreeBSD and decide for you personally which is best. FreeBSD can run X. I use it as a desktop. The things that make me come back to FreeBSD each time I try a different linux distro is: 1) The make buildworld, installworld, buildkernel, installkernel tools that make upgrading/updating your system a breeze. 2) The ports system that makes installing applications and dependencies a thoughtless stress-free task. 3) The portupgrade sysutil that makes managing the upgrade of your applications equally stress free. Laters, Phil.