Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:35:16 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, gorfgar@netzero.net Subject: Re: Considering FreeBSD Message-ID: <15008.19028.544566.428659@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20679100@toto.iv>
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Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> types: > On Mar 2, Jesse O. Glidden wrote: > >I am having trouble making things work on my Linux box like they do on the > >schools Solaris box. For instance when I do something simple like > >ls -d > >the only thing I get is > >. > Nothing wrong with that. Does the same thing on FreeBSD and on ... > Solaris And if linux does something different than that, I'd say linux is broken. The default argument for ls is ".". The "-d" option means to simply list directories, not list the things inside them. So "ls -d" should just print ".". > >And when I try to add aliases to my .profile in my home directory, nothing > >works! > Probably because Linux defaults to bash which uses .bash_profile, not > .profile Actually, bash checks for a number of things - starting with .bash_profile, then .bash_login, and finally .profile. Without knowing what you added, and what shell you're using on both platforms, it's hard to say why it's not working. > >I have never been able to get my 3Com pcimodem to work under Linux. > >Does FreeBSD have these same problems? I'd say it's less likely to work on FreeBSD than Linux. If it's a WinModem, it won't work on FreeBSD. Some WinModems (known as LinModems) have drivers for Linux, but they haven't been ported to FreeBSD. If it's not a WinModem, it may work. Check the supported hardware page on the FreeBSD website to see if it's listed. > >Linux is just not behaving like Solaris! > FreeBSD is even less like Solaris (thank god). But changes to .profile > will work under FreeBSD if you use sh or ksh as your shell. And having > mentioned that just switching to ksh is probably what you want to do > since that is Solaris' default shell. Won't make ls -d print more > than a dot though. Linux doesn't even behave like Linux. Different distributions have different sets of tools and default settings and so on. So they all act slightly differently, even though they all have a common kernel. Once you move out of Linux distributions, things just get worse. Possibly you want to see about getting a copy of the x86 version of Solaris. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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