Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:28:24 -0800 From: ftrk <ftrk@uaf.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: which *BSD to choose? Message-ID: <3B41F171@webmail.uaf.edu>
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Dear all, I haven't used *BSD at all, but been using UNIX(Solaris) and LINUX for awhile. However I have recently been reading lot about the *BSD's and even downloaded Kevin Lai's paper from USENIX about the comparison of SOLARIS, LINUX and FreeBSD. I would like to play with it on my laptop which is kinda old, but I was wondering about drivers for display chipsets etc: Intel PIII Processor ATi Rage 128 display chipset(14" SXGA display) Xircom 10/100 cardbus PCMCIA card Internal Lucent Gold v50 modem( I am sure this wouldn't be supported:( ) I would definitely like to use and support FreeBSD. However I am unable to make up my mind as to which one will suit me and an assessment of the three flavours. Would you have any pointers as to where I can find some info? I am currently running a dualboot, with winme(only because the internal modem is not supported:(and I can't afford a external modem card right now ) and linux(redhat 7 which I don't wanna use anymore since I have found things which I don't like in it anymore). I am also interested in knowing the packages, like compilers(like gcc, g77, perl) etc. Also does this come with any crypto software? Pardon my ignorance, I tried to look around, but couldn't find info on compilers etc.. Any help/pointers/advice is appreciated, TIA Raj Kombiyil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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