From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Nov 23 10:02:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13305 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:02:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from b.mx.crl.com (bmx.crl.com [165.113.1.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13295 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:02:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anarchy@crl.com) Received: from crl.crl.com (crl.com [165.113.1.12]) by b.mx.crl.com (8.8.7/) via SMTP id KAA04241 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:02:20 -0800 (PST) env-from (anarchy@crl.com) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:02:19 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Manes To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD .. what's the difference?? In-Reply-To: <199811231015.CAA25208@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What michael said is basicly what I understand, too. The best depends on what your usage is. I've heard that for networks, freebsd is best as an ftp/web/user server, openbsd as a firewall, and netbsd for odd hardware. I think all outperform Linux, just each greatly in different ways. FreeBSD is also bent on ease of use, so its probably the best for a personal desktop too. You can read the mission statements from each on their websites. I believe FreeBSD's is in its handbook.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message