From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 19:12:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11337 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:12:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.double-barrel.be (mail.double-barrel.be [194.7.102.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11313; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:12:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.double-barrel.be (8.9.1/8.8.8) id EAA02404; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 04:09:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be) Received: from ns.double-barrel.be(194.7.102.18) via SMTP by mail.double-barrel.be, id smtpdJD2402; Sat Oct 17 04:09:51 1998 Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 04:09:45 +0200 (CEST) From: "Michael C. Vergallen" X-Sender: mvergall@ns.double-barrel.be To: George cc: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios , FreeBSD , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Walnut Creek vs. CheapBytes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, If you have the funds to actually purchase a cdrom distribution I would purchase the full distribution from Walnut creek. Because it supports the Freebsd project. Now about the question off witch OS is better quite honestly I couldn't say ... Linux,FreeBSD,OpenBSD and NetBSD they all have their stong and weak points. The only way to find out what OS and distribution you like best is to try them all for 6 Months and then deside. I personally Like FreeBSD for it's stability (servers), Linux for it's ease off use (Workstations), OpenBSD for security ( ideal for a Firewall ) and NetBSD for the small footprint ( Older Sun's like the 3/60). I also have SunOS on a 3/80 witch is good for learing the way Unix was in the early 80's ( The Sun 3/80's are a damn site better then the PC's from that time ) and I'm also getting Solaris and SCO openserver to play with and maybe a VAX if I can find one on the cheap. So for me the purchase off distributions is out off the question I try to get them off the net or at 10 - 20 USD for the commercial OS's.. Michael --- Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 > > I wish to buy a FreeBSD dist. So i went to Walnut Creek and CheapBytes. > > ChepaBytes is very cheap, but my question is : > > > > Is CheapBytes 4CD the same of Walnut Creek 4CD ? > > > > Linux Slackware, for instance, is the same, no matter where you buy, if > > www.lsl.com or www.cheapbytes.com, right? Does F-BSD follow this line ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message