From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 9 0:17:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ox.techasia.com.ph (AP-203.167.24.10.sysads.com [203.167.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E46937B71A for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:17:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessie@power-jessie.net) Received: from tiger.techasia.com.ph (host-216-252-142-18.interpacket.net [216.252.142.18]) by ox.techasia.com.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEEAE18CA; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:06:30 +0800 (PHT) Received: from jessie (unknown [216.252.213.11]) by tiger.techasia.com.ph (Postfix) with SMTP id B7F442E83B; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:07:46 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <00c801c0a8f8$ecca2380$0bd5fcd8@techasia.com.ph> From: "Power Jessie!" To: "Tony Storm" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:27:43 -0800 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 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here's some reasons: (from http://www.freebsd.org) Cutting edge features FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. Powerful Internet solutions FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust network services, even under the heaviest of loads, and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for hundreds, or even thousands, of simultaneous user processes. Run a huge variety of applications The quality of FreeBSD combined with today's low-cost, high-speed PC hardware makes FreeBSD a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations. It is well-suited for a great number of both desktop and server applications. Easy to install FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS partition, or if you have a network connection, you can install it directly over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a pair of blank, 1.44MB floppies and these directions. FreeBSD is free While you might expect an operating system with these features to sell for a high price, FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code. If you would like to try it out, more information is available. I think there's a lot more reasons why u should go with FreeBSD. Well, try it and be convinced!!!! Cheers! jessie See my SuperSig: http://proxy.supersig.com/sig?60013444_60006895 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Storm" To: Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:57 PM Subject: Linux or FreeBSD > Today I purchased an HP Vectra VL400 for the sole purpose of learning a unix > based system such as freebsd or linux. > I'm very much a newbie and don't understand the ins and outs of the > different os'. > > I'm finding that redhat linux has more applications and support available > online. However, I have heard that freebsd outshines linux. > > It'd be great to get some advise on the advantages and disadvantages of the > different systems. Why go with FreeBSD? > > Thanks for your help. > > -Tony > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message