From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 6 17:26:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23379152F5 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:26:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sderdau@ne.mediaone.net) Received: from ne.mediaone.net (sderdau.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.252.85]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA01947; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:25:37 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36E1D5B4.2480AE3A@ne.mediaone.net> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 20:26:12 -0500 From: Stephen Derdau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: W Gerald Hicks Cc: Peter Snoek , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? References: <199903061836.NAA33541@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I run both and I'm more familiar with FreeBSD. Maybe that is why I tend to like it more. However RedHat Linux seems to be pretty good. As for support I haven't found anything better than FreeBSD-questions@freeBSD.org. Also the search site on mailing archives is very good as well. Just heard today that Solaris or sun has an X86 version of their OS. Wen't to a computer show today looking for a cheap hd . Didn't find one. O well maybe next week. Anyway check out http://www.fsf.org there is something cooking over there also. By all W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > > Hi there > > Hi! > > > currently I am gathering info on both FreeBSD and Linux. > > Just do it! Either one... You'll be better off in either > case than using Microsoft products. > > > Can you give me any advantaged of FreeBSD compared to linux? > > The penguin mascot sucks. The FreeBSD daemon isn't a drunk > and seems much more "hip" to me. I heard he is a notorious > stoner though. > > Oh, I forgot, Tux (the penguin) joined Alcoholics Anonymous > a couple of years ago. That's why you don't see him drinking > in public anymore. In years past, he had a mug of beer > everytime you saw him. > > Of course reports have been circulating that ever since he > moved to the United States he started backsliding and fre- > quently binges in private. > > > Are there any disadvantages? > > The constant barrage of questions about whether FreeBSD is > "better" than Linux. > > :-) > > Jerry Hicks > wghicks@bellsouth.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- http://www.freebsd.org Great OS & Support http://www.fsf.org seems to be where it all started ? I'm Currently running: FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Tue Oct 27 17:49:33 EST 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message