From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 18 12:13:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mail.vanderbilt.edu (smtp1.mail.Vanderbilt.Edu [129.59.1.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1FFC37B400 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.mail.vanderbilt.edu (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.mail.vanderbilt.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6/VU-3.6C+d3.6) with ESMTP id g2IKD1G04509 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:13:01 -0600 (CST) Received: from george ([160.129.239.72]) by smtp1.mail.vanderbilt.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6/VU-3.6B+d3.6) with ESMTP id g2IKD1f04505 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:13:01 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:13:00 -0600 From: "Giles, George S" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Which Linux for a long-time FreeBSD user? Message-ID: <2337984.1016460780@george> In-Reply-To: <3C93D0AB.6C3618F7@e-raist.com> References: <3C93D0AB.6C3618F7@e-raist.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.1.2 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My two cents: Red Hat 7.2 has the xfs journalled file system which is nice. Mandrake 8.0/8.1 can be secured rigorously after install by using ipfw. I prefer Mandrake, I like security over speed since I run on junk boxes anyway. --On Saturday, March 16, 2002 3:09 PM -0800 Raistlin Majere wrote: > Mike, > > I've ran a few version of linux and found I get along with > redhat. I would recommend downloading and installing 7.2 (running > a 2.4 kernel) (lastest version available from www.redhat.com). > The kernel and modules are typically stored in /usr/src/linux, > which should help in your work. Redhat is quite versatile and > functional, and makes a decent desktop OS. > > Debian is another flavor I would recommend as by default its > more secure than redhat. I haven't done much with linux for > awhile though, so I'm unfamiliar with what its like these days. > > Good luck! > > Raistlin Alexander Majere > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------------------------------- Giles, George S Vanderbilt University Email: george.s.giles@Vanderbilt.Edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message