From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 18 21:18:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from durango.picus.com (durango.picus.com [209.100.20.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF02C37B689 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:18:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from troy@picus.com) Received: from abyss [209.100.22.250] by durango.picus.com (SMTPD32-5.05) id AE933B700B2; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:16:19 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" To: "Shane Hagan" , Subject: RE: BSD Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:18:20 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 In-Reply-To: <20000618173214.96977.qmail@hotmail.com> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Shane, FreeBSD has treated me very well over the years. I have one box at a customer site that functions as a web and mail server, as well as providing firewall, routing, nat, and dhcp services for 200+ users. The box itself has been running for 400+ days maintenance-free, except for adding/deleting users. As for ease of learning, you got a steep hill to climb, but the closer you get to the top, the flatter it gets. Unlike NT, which will lure you in with a gradual climb but lead you to an impossible rock wall. Like others on the list, I would reccomend that you pick up some good books on UNIX and FreeBSD specifically. I've not seen it myself, but continue to hear excellent reports about Greg's _Complete FreeBSD_. Good luck, -- Troy Settle Network Analyst Picus Communications 540.633.6327 ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Shane Hagan ** Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:32 PM ** To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ** Subject: BSD ** ** ** Hello, ** I have a quick question. I am currently running NT 4.0 and I have ** installed it a billion times. How much different are the 2 ** OS's (NT, BSD) ** as far as commands and installation? Is it easy to pick up? ** How is it as ** far as uptime (how long can BSD be up without rebooting)? ** ** ** ** ** Thank you, ** Shane ** _____________________________________________________________ ** ___________ ** Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at ** http://www.hotmail.com ** ** ** ** 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