Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:12:58 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: John Beukema <john@gate.gateway.net.hk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <199603061712.MAA01549@etinc.com>
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>1. Both are good, mature systems and work well. >2. If you can get up and running on FreeBSD great. The more you know, the >more reasons to go FreeBSD. >3. BSDI supposedly has telephone support but it will not do you much good >in this time zone. >4. the FreeBSD support groups are friendly, helpful and the >documentation is getting better all the time. There are a lot of ISPs >running FreeBSD. >5. Be careful with both systems that you get compatible equipment but >FreeBSD has more drivers. Read the equipment FAQs >6. $995 is without source code. It is very handy to have source code >when a problem arises and you cannot understand what is happening. >7. BSDI comes with more systems configured but all of the ISP packages >are available as packages (self installing) or ports (nearly so). You missed one of the most important ones. With FreeBSD, you can tune your generic kernel to match your devices...with BSD/OS you have to match your devices to their generic kernel to boot initially. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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