From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 16 22:23:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA19387 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:23:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA19378 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:23:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA04456; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:23:27 -0800 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:23:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Carlos Augusto Capriotti cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: Setting up a WEB Site. Need info. In-Reply-To: <01BAE446.F3415A20@MacHot.mpcbbs.com.br> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Carlos Augusto Capriotti wrote: > Hello. > > I intend to set up a Web Site on my School. Therefore I need an Unix-like operating system and SW like WWW server, Gopher Server, E-mail server, FTP server , Domain Name Server, etc. You're in the right spot. FreeBSD can do all that. (Why would you want to run Gopher when you're going to run WWW?) > > Reading the description about FreeBSD, I found it very interesting, but does it provide the necessary programs I listed above ? Most certainly. > > How many CDs come in the package (Well, I really mean the one sold by Walnut Creek) ? Two: one with the install stuff, and a ``live filesystem'' CD with sources and other handy info. > > Does the package include a manual (I mean a printed one) ? The CD has a little install book, but most other docs are online, in the man pages and on http://www.freebsd.org. > > Are there printed books on BSD ? On the original BSD distribution, but none recently on FreeBSD. > > (This one is going to be a tough one) Can you tell something about Linux and BSD ? This is not a good question for the FreeBSD support forum :-) They are completely different, one SysV based and the other BSD. Linux has more disorganized distributions, but more device support. FreeBSD has a tight, well-organized distribution with an excellent ports/packages program system. And the people are friendlier :) Doug White | Student, University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Major: Computer Science http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Eugene/Spfld BBS List Publisher