From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 19 13:41:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rosencrantz.citytel.net (rosencrantz.rupert.net [204.244.98.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55BF337B424 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rosencrantz.citytel.net (kwoody@rosencrantz.rupert.net [204.244.98.45]) by rosencrantz.citytel.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA03691; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:41:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Keith Woodworth Reply-To: kwoody@citytel.net To: Rick Knebel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How is freebsd doing In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.11.0.20000819102932.009e7e80@rknebel.uplink.net> Message-ID: Approved: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Rick Knebel wrote: >>I am considering installing freebsd on my computer instead of linux to run >>my home network. How is Freebsd doing as far as use compared to linux. Is >>it going to be around in 5 years? I just don,t want to get involved with it >>if it is going to fade away. Also I have heard people say that Linux is a >>kernel with a bunch of added programs to it but freebsd is a complete >>operating system. I would think FreeBSD will be around in 5 years, and continue to be around much longer than that. Espcially now that BSDI has aquired FreeBSD. That is very good thing. We run both BSD/OS and FreeBSD here mostly but we have a few linux machines running also and they both have their weakness/strengths but BSD just seems more elegant than Linux that appeals to me. >>What does this mean? Doesn''t Freebsd have a kernel also? They both have kernel's. FreeBSD and all the program/utilities are made with FreeBSD in mind and are integrated specifically for FreeBSD. Keith To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message