From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 27 22:51:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hsalouserv1.hsacorp.net (208-247-171-50.hsacorp.net [208.247.171.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E8514CC2 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:51:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jconner@enterit.com) Received: from kwan (24-216-177-226.hsacorp.net [24.216.177.226]) by hsalouserv1.hsacorp.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id D4044JAF; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:45:07 -0500 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000128013849.00955680@mail.enterit.com> X-Sender: jconner@mail.enterit.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:51:25 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Jim Conner Subject: Re: What are the differences? (long) In-Reply-To: References: <38908F7A.FA5CC8D5@ellacoya.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:59 27-01-00 -0600, Gene Harris wrote: >On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Michael Remski wrote: > >[snip] > > > I must warn you though: I was a Linux user for about 5 years and > > decided to see what FreeBSD was about. So now I am completely FreeBSD, > > no more Linux. Both work well, try them both, keep whichever you like > > better. > > > >Actually, if you can afford to keep them both it is very >handy. I often use one to help get a desired piece of >software working on the other. If you have some extra >hardware to network the boxes, it is well worth the effort. >You learn a lot more watching these two disparate systems >interact than you do with one or the other only. > >Gene I whole-heartedly agree with Gene here. The beautiful thing about Unix is the portablility and even some compatibility among other Unices. There, of course, are incompatibilities and thus its sometimes a good idea to have many flavors around. With the freeware Unices taking over a large margin of power users these days I see no problem with having several flavors of Unix/Linux in the office or at home to simply play with. That's one of the problems with M$ junk. It's M$ or nothing. There are no such boundaries with our beloved Unix/Linux OSes. Shoot, even Linux has what...15 or 20 different flavors. If you don't like RH, try Debian, Slack, or Caldera. Get Solaris 7 x86 (Solaris 8 is coming soon and is going freeware (rumored).) I use FreeBSD, Linux and Win NT, 2K, and 9x. I have no issues with my Linux box or my BSD box. My only regrets are that I don't have more money to build machines for NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris. If I really had the money, I'd check out the "big" Unices on some personal machines. I've used Solaris, HPUX, AIX, and DEC Unix. Every one of them unique in their own way but I would take a freeware Unix over any of those. The really excellent thing about Unix...its a think pool for nerds. Its a place to continue learning and seeing the creations of your abilities. If you don't create its a way to enjoy others' creations without the flubby pictures. My last declaration...Unix just plain rocks my world! Jim >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's errors, in contrast: Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" ------------------------------- Jim Conner NOTJames jconner@enterit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message