Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:32:21 -0700 From: "Dragon Knight" <dragonknight@dtgnet.com> To: "Christopher S. Weimann" <cweimann@wallnet.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd Message-ID: <000601be1c22$d0eb4d20$0101a8c0@death>
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>> It is quite easy to get the OS set up and >> learn the basics unless you are a complete idiot. In which case i suggest >> you order a RedHat linux CD. I hear the new version 5.2 is easier to >> install than ever. >> > >I had the displeasure of installing a couple of different Linuxes ( Caldera >and RedHat 5 ) and I have to say that I think FreeBSD's install is superior >to both of them. Caldera couldn't find my network card and it was a real >pain to tell it the io and irq for the card ( 0x300, 5 whats the big deal? ) >and I haven't found a Linux site that provides anything of the quality of >the FreeBSD handbook. > I only ran RedHat 5.1 for a few hours before deleting the partition, but i stuck in the CD and it was done, didn't read a single txt file or anything. although i do have hardware that is compatible with just about everything. now i do like the FreeBSD install much better but for a complete beginner i found the Redhat install easier. But thats just my opinion on the matter. Samuel Greear To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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