Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:10:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203291857180.14467-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020329233921.94706.qmail@web21306.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Louis-Philippe Groulx wrote:
> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:39:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Louis-Philippe Groulx <dark_matrix41@yahoo.ca>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>
>
> I am currently using Microsoft Windows98, but I don't
> know what operating system is the more powerful and
> easy to learn between: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, QNX
> or Linux.
>
> Thank you for your answer
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
The answers are highly subjective, but these have been my experiences
(I'm intentionally leaving out which one is more powerful):
Linux: Assuming you have zero Unix/Linux experience, RedHat is really easy
to work with. So is Mandrake. A large range of hardware support.
Not always very secure in a default install, although you *are*
given options during install. Suse is nice too. I liked Debian too
although I have only a little exp. with it. Slack is coom, minimal
like OpenBSD. I like it - dunno if I would suggest it for a
newcomer. But all people are different ;-)
FreeBSD: I like the system installer for FreeBSD more than any of the
others, but it *does* assume a priori knowledge of the system. As
a user I really like FreeBSD a lot - it's slim, fast and the
ports and package systems are really easy to work with. There's
a huge amount of ported software.
OpenBSD: Very tight, secure, minimalist Unix install. I run OpenBSD on my
Thinkpad. The install is non-trivial, especially with a large
disk. That said, I like OpenBSD a lot - there's quite a bit of
supprted software there too.
NetBSD: I have only installed NetBSD once to try (in IRC) and help a
friend install it on an ancient Zenith laptop. He seems to like it
a lot. It will install on anything, but it's not the most polished
BSD. No offense - that's not it's intention, and I could be wrong.
QNX: We installed it on some boxes at work and it's impressive. Nice
interface, small footprint, fully functional browser with plugins.
Impressive system, but I don't know what kind of user software is
available for it.
Hope this helps. I say go with FreeBSD.
JB
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