Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 09:58:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Heredity Choice <stork@QNET.COM> To: Maveri9714@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hi, I'm a newbie and sorry for bothering you Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10010010934220.25531-100000@cello.qnet.com> In-Reply-To: <ca.ad691b4.2707f0d7@aol.com>
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Suse Linux has an easy-to-use install program. FreeBSD, if you do get it installed, is the most stable operating system on the planet. Both are open source and free, but the licenses are different. The GPL license for Linux requires that any new software derived from it must also be open source and free. The license for BSD is owned by the Regents of the University of California, and they don't give a damn what anybody does with it, as long as the Regents aren't sued. Linux and FreeBSD use most of the same commands and many of the same utilities, but are built on completely different kernels. Users of FreeBSD are attracted to the system's technical excellence. Users of Linux are mesmerized by the extraordinary charm of one young man from Helsinki. FreeBSD is into Satan worship, while Linux has something kinky going with a penguin. That is about all you need to know. By the way, I am writing this in FreeBSD. Paul Smith stork@qnet.com On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 Maveri9714@aol.com wrote: > I was in best buy checking out a suse linux box and some cool guy told me to > get BSD because it is completely free (which I thought linux was too), and it > was much tighter. I'm all for open source programs and am trying to teach > myself both. Please tell me the differences and what the best of both worlds > are. Thank you for your time > Tom Mc Laughlin > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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