From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 9 12:17:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from trinity.lee.net (trinity.lee.net [208.229.121.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A82A37B719 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:17:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from awells@journalstar.com) Received: from journalstar.com (leepcC-097.sub-c.lee.net [208.205.126.97]) by trinity.lee.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA06927; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:09:59 -0600 Message-ID: <3AA9386E.829A854D@journalstar.com> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:09:18 -0600 From: Tony Wells X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.0.36 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tony Storm Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd make a dual-boot machine, and then you can play with them both. Tony Storm wrote: > > Today I purchased an HP Vectra VL400 for the sole purpose of learning a unix > based system such as freebsd or linux. > I'm very much a newbie and don't understand the ins and outs of the > different os'. > > I'm finding that redhat linux has more applications and support available > online. However, I have heard that freebsd outshines linux. > > It'd be great to get some advise on the advantages and disadvantages of the > different systems. Why go with FreeBSD? > > Thanks for your help. > > -Tony > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message