From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 29 21:35:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA18949 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:35:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iway1.iw.net (iway1.iw.net [204.157.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA18944 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:35:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dragonknight@dtgnet.com) Received: from death (rap-dialup-12.dtgnet.com [216.16.6.12] (may be forged)) by iway1.iw.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA21675; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:35:26 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <000601be1c22$d0eb4d20$0101a8c0@death> From: "Dragon Knight" To: "Christopher S. Weimann" , Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:32:21 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> 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