From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 2 02:04:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA26325 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:04:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv.net (snake.srv.net [199.104.81.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA26318 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from darkstar.home (tc-if2-48.ida.net [208.141.171.105]) by srv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA00151 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 03:04:51 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:04:16 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott X-Sender: cmott@darkstar.home To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: What do *you* want to know about FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <19970902173357.09321@lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > P.S. Also a recent phenomenon is questions from people who've been > > using Linux--a little something on "Making the Transition," perhaps-- > > a few notes on what's different, with references back to other sections > > (e.g., System Administration) that might have the detailed info... > > Ah yes, thanks for reminding me. I was at least going to write > something about the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, though I > don't know if there's enough there to write sensibly about how to move > from Linux to FreeBSD. FreeBSD is both easier and harder to start with than Linux. The visual configuration editor forces you to be disciplined and understand what all the hardware interrupts should be. Having transitioned from Linux, I discovered all of the performance sapping interrupt conflicts that were in the system using Linux autoprobing. The visual configuration editor is really exceptional and is much better than having to pass parameters with the lilo.conf file. The boot manager is another transition issue. Then there are all the minor differences in directory layout and rc files. It is actually not bad to switch systems for less experienced unix users like myself, because then it is more clear what is universal about unix and what is regional. Charles Mott