From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 11 13:30:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net (camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net [128.11.173.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49FD37B404 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:30:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from istech4.shannonhealth.org (istech4.shannonhealth.org [4.18.79.4]) by camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9380F37AB for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:30:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: by ISTECH4 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:39:48 -0600 Message-ID: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E105053@ISTECH4> From: Andrew Gould To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: Question? Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:39:47 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Best" is a personal judgement. It depends on your use of computers = and the way your mind works. If your computer experience has been strictly = from the desktop perspective, try Caldera's eDesktop 2.4. It's a breeze to = install, won't overwhelm you with software, and its configuration applications = won't overwrite manual changes. Linux is a little easier to learn. Over the = next year or two, I'll bet you try FreeBSD and two or three distributions of Linux. This is a good thing. As I learned more about Unix and computers in general, I realized that = many of my needs should be met from the server side. At work, I (a non-tech person) currently administer a MySQL database server running on Caldera eDesktop 2.4. At home, I have a computer that has FreeBSD 4.1, SuSE = 7.0 and Windows 98. I hope to convert my database server to FreeBSD 4.2 in a = week or two. The CDs should have arrived today! :-) No matter where you start, your perspectives will change as you learn. There's nothing wrong with dual or triple booting. Move at your own = pace. Make your own choices. Learn from the consequences; and move on. = There is no better school than the open source community. Andrew Gould > ---------- > From: Gurley, Fran=E7ois[SMTP:Francois.Gurley@mss.gouv.qc.ca] > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 14:23 > To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > Subject: Question? >=20 > I'm interested in learning a new OS and I have the choice of learning > FreeBSD or Linux. A lot of people tell me that Linux is good but no = one > seem > to know something about freeBSD! >=20 > I want to know wich one will the best and why! >=20 > Can you please help me clarify my though? > Thank's! >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message