From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 2 18:41: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4BE337B5B0 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-249.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.249] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA01665; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:41:43 +1100 From: Danny To: wmHardRock , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:36:47 +1100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <38BF097C.1A50FEB4@rocler.qc.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00030413432102.06423@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Every week we get something like SuSE 6.2 Vs BSDI 4.1 Corel Linux Vs NetBSD 2.1 RedHat Linux 6.1 Vs FreeBSD 3.3 In regards to your question Yes, you can run KDE windows manager with FreeBSD Yes, FreeBSD has an Linux emulator to run Linux_Netscape etc And wether you want to use Linux or BSD depnds on the purpose the box is for. For example : - I would use FreeBSD live boxes in your enterprise that cannot have down time. because FreeBSD is so reliable and suitable for the job compared to Linux. Linux is for newbies to a UNIX environment. Like users of Corel Linux, and more desktop software is ported to Linux so I might use Linux if I am new to UNIX. Looking forward to your feedback. danny dannyh@idx.com.au On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, wmHardRock wrote: > Hello, > I was wondering: what are the main differences between Linux > and FreeBSD? Are Linux apps FreeBSD compatible? Do the apps come with > source code? Can I use KDE and Window Maker with FreeBSD? > > Thank you > > wmHardRock > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message