Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:34:21 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: "Kenneth Sun" <kenneths@mail.sc.cninfo.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: q's Message-ID: <E145RDp-000A7Z-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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> Hi there! I'm Ken.
I mailed to ask what is
FreeB> SD? You didn't make it clear in you web site.
Mmm. Well I think it is pretty clear on the Web site.
Read the FAQ for more information.
>And, is it better than Linux?
Very subjective. I have used Linux a lot and more recently
am exploring BSD. My initial impression is that BSD is faster
and more memory efficient than Linux for most things except
X11, where I have found it painfully slow. I wouldnt put to
much store by my opinion on that though, I havent really looked into it.
I think BSD is a little more difficult to learn at the beginning
than Linux is. But I am an old System V Unix hack, so that may
just be me..
>I've used Linux for my Java programmi> ng. Will
FreeBSD do better than Linux on Java?
Better, in what sense ?
> Can I use my old Linux partitions? Can BSD run as smooth as
Linu> x on my MMX200 with only 64megs of ram with a TNT2
vide> o card and a SB-Live! sound card?
You can run many Linux applications on FBSD.
FBSD has it's own file system types, I dont know what you
can do with EXT2 fs's under them.
As for your particular hardware. I have no idea.
Try it out !
Cliff
> Thanks!
>
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