From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 29 19:43:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00541 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 19:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00535 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 19:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA11110; Fri, 29 May 1998 21:22:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805300122.VAA11110@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: for a newbie? In-Reply-To: <356F23C5.B6CFE78B@usa.net> from Jordan at "May 29, 98 04:08:21 pm" To: jordan-k@usa.net (Jordan) Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 21:22:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan wrote: > FreeBSD or Redhat Linux??? In terms of ease of installation and setup > primarily. I have been a Windows\DOS user so I need a fairly forgiving > Unix to start out with. I know you guys are biast to FreeBSD, but I need > a honest opinion. > Thanks, > -- > ----------------------- > \ Men are from Mars, \ > \ Women are from Venus,\ > \ Computers are from Hell. \ > -------------------------- Having used both, I would say they are about the same with respect to newbie-friendliness. Oh: biassed opinions can be honest, if the source of the bias is legitimate. Dave -- Is the true purpose of Unix its use, or its administration? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message