From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 27 20:09:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DDCE1065670 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5C4161512; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:09:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4ED298EF.6050101@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:09:19 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LinuxIsOne References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: choosing distribution: FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:09:47 -0000 On 11/27/2011 7:13 AM, LinuxIsOne wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I am basically a Windows convert, but very frankly saying that: I am > new to the world of Linux. So I should use FreeBSD or something easier > distribution in the Linux...? Or it is perfectly okay for a newbie to go > with FreeBSD? FreeBSD isn't Linux, it's a different Unix-like operating system. If you want a basic, user-friendly version of Linux you probably want to look at Ubuntu. Good luck, Doug -- "We could put the whole Internet into a book." "Too practical." Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/