From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 11 17:44:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.bfm.org (mail.bfm.org [216.127.218.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB39F37B559 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:44:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@whizkidtech.net) Received: from WhizKid (r6.bfm.org [216.127.220.102]) by mail.bfm.org (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52399U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id org; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:45:25 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000611194405.00904ce0@mail85.pair.com> X-Sender: whizkid@mail85.pair.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:44:05 -0500 To: Kristian =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F6derholm?= , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: "G. Adam Stanislav" Subject: Re: Linux and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <394401D7.5E7B331@home.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 23:17 11-06-2000 +0200, Kristian S=F6derholm wrote: >Is FreeBSD like Linux at all or is it a hole new systemfor me? Yes on both counts. FreeBSD is Unix, Linux is a Unix clone, so there are many similarities. But there are differences too, especially when you first install the system. Once you have it installed, it looks pretty much the same: You can run the same shell, for example. The directory structure is different (more logical, IMHO), but you'll get used to it. Note also that you can run most of Linux software directly, without recompiling, in the Linux "emulation" mode. I put emulation in quotes because FreeBSD actually runs like Linux in that mode, except, it usually works faster. Another big difference is in installing additional programs. Under Linux you typically have to download it from somewhere, study the makefile, then compile it and install it yourself. In FreeBSD you will find the ports system very, very nice. All you have to do is type something like: cd /usr/ports/somedirectory/someprogram make install The system will automatically download everything you need, make it, and install it. It will even install any libraries the program may require: A total miracle! Cheers, Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message