Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:22:19 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: ftrk <ftrk@uaf.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: which *BSD to choose? Message-ID: <20010705090830.I58995-100000@localhost.de> In-Reply-To: <3B41F171@webmail.uaf.edu>
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, ftrk wrote: > Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:28:24 -0800 > From: ftrk <ftrk@uaf.edu> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: which *BSD to choose? > > 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 For this purpose you should use FreeBSD. The latest release is 4.3 . FreeBSD has the largest collection of ported applications and it is well documented in www.freebsd.org/handbook (and of course in the online-manuals) > 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 ) Save some money for a modem: FreeBSD is very download-friendly, though for the start you should order the CD-ROM-collection at www.freebsdmall.com > 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.. All these are supported and will work. Uli. > 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 > *--------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | Wuppertal - Germany | *--------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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