From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 06:22:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C4316A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:22:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from usw2.natel.net (2b.bz [209.152.117.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67D9643D2D for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:22:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: (qmail 84412 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2005 06:22:20 -0000 Received: from batv-01-008.dialup.netins.net (HELO Htebazile.US-Webmasters.com) (216.248.109.9) by us-webmasters.com with SMTP; 12 Feb 2005 06:22:20 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20050212001903.19a9e4b0@209.152.117.178> X-Sender: wd@209.152.117.178 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:21:32 -0600 To: Peterhin From: "W. D." In-Reply-To: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:22:26 -0000 At 22:13 2/11/2005, Peterhin wrote: >Good day, I am a Newbie to Freebsd and was just reading your reply > "Re. Instead of freebsd.com, why not..." and you made the comment; > =20 >"Linux is inferior to FreeBSD, and yet it is taken more seriously=20 >because of the atmosphere around it, despite its technical inferiority" > >Could you please either explain, why Freebsd is superior to Linux, (I am=20 >asking this as I would like to understand, in more depth, why it is=20 >better) or direct me to a source that might give me some further=20 >reading on the subject. >I would really appreciate a better understanding of the differences=20 >between Freebsd and Linux. FreeBSD vs. Linux discussions: http://tinyurl.com/2f8np http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html http://tinyurl.com/6xhrz http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux8.php http://www.InternetWeek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D12800936 http://Search.Yahoo.com/search?p=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 http://www.Google.com/search?q=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 Much of what runs on Linux also runs on FreeBSD, either 'natively' or using Linux emulation. http://www.Google.com/search?q=3DFreeBSD+features+Linux Here is an installation how-to that I've worked up: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ HTH Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/