From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Aug 22 11:28:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26561 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:28:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca (hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca [207.107.250.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26556 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grgaud@sprint.ca) Received: from grgaud (spc-isp-ott-uas-13-44.sprint.ca [209.103.35.145]) by hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA04373 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:29:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19980822142714.007a9a20@pop3.sprint.ca> X-Sender: grgaud@pop3.sprint.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:27:14 -0400 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: "G.R. Gaudreau" Subject: Re: FreeBSD main platform & Linux In-Reply-To: <35DF04FB.518BF15@verinet.com> References: <3.0.1.32.19980821053638.0068ea4c@pop.netaddress.com> <3.0.5.32.19980822074143.007a1aa0@pop3.sprint.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:50 AM 8/22/98 -0600, Allen Campbell wrote: >> How well does the Linux platform work? > >I have been running OpenLinux 1.2 on a 150 MHz Overdrive Pentium >primarily >as an X terminal. Linux has come a long way; I miss the uniformity of >the >FreeBSD ports and man pages, but it seems quite solid. I have been >experimenting with Netware for Linux on this system. Also, I might have >to promote this box to a Linux server when Oracle for Linux makes its >debut, unless FreeBSD's Linux emulation handles it well. I would much >prefer to put this on the FreeBSD server, but it's too important to >compromise if it doesn't; One way or another I'm going to make a living >with that software. Something you mentioned brought up another question that's been on my mind lately. I realize that the ports you mention above are ports to FreeBSD, and that physical ports on my box are COM1 & 2 and the printer port, etc.; but I've also read of other ports, such as Internet ports and such. What are these last ports? Linux and FreeBSD seem to work quite a lot with these things, and I get the feeling that there are other "soft" ports, if I can put it that way, that UNIX-like OSs use. Anyone know what I'm talking about, and could you explain what they are and how they're used? Thanks For your input Allen, 'preciate it. G.R. GAUDREAU SBG-KEY: 4002-7dc5-50c9-eb0d-b07b-7442 The opinions expressed above are my own, and do not necessarely reflect my own. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message