Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:04:17 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Keex@gmx.de Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: what is the difference between linux and freebsd? Message-ID: <XFMail.010205140417.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <10809.981375436@www28.gmx.net>
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On 05-Feb-01 Keex@gmx.de wrote: > hello, > > > So far I've been using Slackware Linux 7.1, and before that different RedHat > distro's (got sick of them, because of them being way too commercial, and > that's not what the linux-spirit was set out to be) > > Anyway, I have some Linux experience, will it help me, if I installed > FreeBSD? what are the basic differences between those OS's? does FreeBSD also > run > on a PI 75 MHz, 16MB RAM, and only 200MB HD-space available, to be ran as > HTTP-server, router (lan -> Internet) and automatic email fetching and > delivering > it to several machines on the lan offline? Your hardware ought to be OK. > > There'S one I know about FreeBSD, from the gslug.org message board, that BSD > is a little bit more stable, but that's all. any other differences? On the whole FreeBSD is a bit more mature and well tested. In your case that perhaps does not matter. You will not find drivers for every odd device you have in your junk box but I believe the drivers that are there are VERY well tested and operational. When it comes to X they are the same. It takes heavy load better, but again that may not be of importance to you. > > I'd be glad to hear from you guys again. > > -- > - Alex > > mailto:keex@gmx.de > > Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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