Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:13:58 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: Anton Angelo <anton@mojo.org> Cc: Sean Harding <sharding@oregon.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbies list [was: partition spanning multiple drives] Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980320075755.179C-100000@pm3g-21.pacificnet.net> In-Reply-To: <19980320091216.18372@mojo.org>
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Interesting....I'm running Slackware (version 3.4) Linux as we speak and I like it. It's a bit hard to manage, but its fun. I've only been using Linux for about 6 months. So far I have learned alot but I know that I have tons more to learn. And the learning curve is steep for not matter what Unix distribution you use (I believe). Although, I'd like to be more versatile and be able to work with any freenix (like FreeBSD, or Linux, or whatever). The one thing about Linux that I do like is the support, there's tons of it (magazines, books, user groups, etc). You've said that FreeBSD is more unstable....hmmmm....I've heard otherwise. I've heard that FreeBSD is more stable than Linux. But I guess that's a religous debate (maybe). I guess it's sort of along the lines on FreeBSD is better than Linux, or vise versa. The way I see it is that user have to keep an open mind and just use what the feel comfortable with. Well, I'm pretty much rambling on here. I just got out of work and I'm pretty tired. Hell, I dDon't really know if there was a point to my message. Anyways basically, I'm just an open minded guy that likes messing with other OS's. I'm interested in learning more about Unix System Administration and stuff like that. Maybe even some hacking. >=) But I know that Unix systems are quite versatile and have many uses and I want to know about them. One more thing. One thing I've been noticing is that alot of people bash Microsoft because they have monopoly or some crap. You know, one reason why I'm even interested in FreeBSD is because I want to stray away a bit from Linux because they seem to be monopolizing the free-unix gig with all their books and magazines and stuff. Let's try to unite as FreeBSD users to influence more media and faster development of FreeBSD. So that we newbies can get the cool books, and magazines, and local user groups, etc. Hell, I'm interested in joining a FreeBSD user group. I wonder if there is one in my area. :/ hmmmm Anyways, I'm outtie. Thanks for listening. Like Sue said, this is a place to chat, right? Joey Bear Garcia =================================================== Joseph Garcia Downey, CA bear@pacificnet.net "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." =================================================== On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Anton Angelo wrote: > Sean Harding (sharding@ophelia.uoregon.edu) said: > > > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Manoli Piperakis wrote: > > > > > Hear hear ! Excellently put. Couldn't agree with you more - on all > > > points. > > > > I don't think newbies are used as a laughing stock (unless they are asking > > if they can run FreeBSD on WebTV, in which case it is deserved). If the > > volume bothers you, you don't have to subscribe. Send questions to > > questions@freebsd.org. Subscription to the list not required. > > Weeeeelllll... about the unix on webtv jibe, some of the set top boxes it > has been my misfortune to "assess" for my work have run QNX, and few > others various flavours of micro kernel unix. It makes sense really. > > I want to start a bit of a religious discussion comparing FreeBSD to > Linux (specifically slackware). > > My experience is limited, but I have run a slackware box for a couple of > years, and have started tinkering with FreeBSD in the last 6 months. I > like the prefessional "feel" of FreeBSD, but the box does fall over for > no reason that I. with only half a clue or less, cannot understand. My > linux box however stood up for 150 days on a 386 with 4Meg RAM handling > loadsaemail and even ran tin. ( a feat in itself in 4Meg :) > > It collapsed when the uptime figure got too large (well, that was the > only reason I could work out...) > > So it seems to me that Slackware was "more stable" than FreeBSD. > > <asbestos_undies=on> > > Nonetheless I'm moving my personal unix boxen to FreeBSD (apart > from the 386 which I was thinking about seeing if I could get the source > for minix for for a laugh) because its far easier to maintain - you have > to love that ports collection. > > Speaking of which - can anyone recommend a free IMAP4 server for > FreeBSD? Also is Qmail in the ports collection, I'm not smart enough to > admin sendmail and I refuse to learn M4 just to build a config file! > > aa > -- > Nether Poppleton (n. obsolete) > A pair of P. J. Proby's trousers. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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