From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Nov 1 8:52:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost.visualedge.com (visualedge.com [207.139.24.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8829715269 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:52:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from martinm@visualedge.com) Received: from pony by vedge with SMTP (8.6.11/) id LAA08998; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:49:07 -0500 Message-ID: <011001bf2489$ab82d1a0$a600a8c0@visualedge.com> From: "Martin Mactaggart" To: "FreeBSD Newbies" , "Carsten Holst" References: <199910312152370110.0116E383@mail.holstweb.dk> Subject: Re: A few questions Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:53:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The difference between Linux and FreeBSD is that FreeBSD is better. Also, the FreeBSD CDs tend to be a shiny metallic colour while Linux's tend to have some company's logo on them (which one varies by distribution) making them useless as substitute mirrors. The mascots of both are approximately equally cute, which is, of course, an important consideration. Other than those "top three" considerations, some of the differences include a different file system and the fact that FreeBSD is more performance and server oriented than Linux, which in turn tends to be considered by many as being more user friendly. Additionally, Linux is actually a Kernel (correct me if I am wrong) rather than an OS: vendors add utilites to the Kernel to come up with an OS, which is not the case for FreeBSD; FreeBSD is a complete, freestanding, OS (I'm not saying one way of going about things is better). ----- Original Message ----- From: Carsten Holst To: Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 3:52 PM Subject: A few questions Hi all! I am looking for an alternative to Windows, and am currently considering freeBSD and linux. The problem I'm having is finding the difference between linux and freeBSD. Is there any? If there is, what are they? Does anybody have links to comparisons between freeBSD and linux? What would be the easiest to start out with, as I am completely new to all sorts of *nix and bsd? I primarily use my computer for schoolwork, and some programming. Thanks in advance, for any input!! -- Regards Carsten Holst http://holstweb.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message