Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:01:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: gbrandow@hvi.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freeBSD vs BSDI Message-ID: <19980215150159.03179@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980215043441.AAA5156@grb>; from Greg Brandow on Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 11:16:11PM -0500 References: <19980215043441.AAA5156@grb>
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On Sat, 14 February 1998 at 23:16:11 -0500, Greg Brandow wrote: > Hi, > > We currently use BSDI 3.0 and are looking for a free PC-based UNIX system. > Since BSDI was our first taste of UNIX, I'd like something similar. How > close is FreeBSD to BSDI? They're *very* close. At the moment, the released version of FreeBSD doesn't support native ELF object files, so if you have them, you'll have to recompile. To the best of my knowledge, FreeBSD will execute BSD/OS a.out executables directly (the converse doesn't always apply). > Where do Linux and Red Hat Linux figure in the equation. A long way further away. In particular, it won't execute either BSD executable format. > We are an ISP and are primarily looking for something to test > websites and scripts. Well, you could consider using FreeBSD to run an Internet site. A lot of people do, including Yahoo! Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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