From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 22 1: 7:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nice3.azur.fr (nice3-int.webstore.fr [62.4.8.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8597037B400 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:07:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy2 (ppp-usr26.webstore.mc [62.4.12.26]) by nice3.azur.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA12063 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:06:54 +0100 Message-ID: <003401c08450$fd5b40c0$a000a8bf@julien> From: "Julien Pham" To: Subject: FreeBSD versus Linux Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:54:54 +0100 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-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So I thank you all that have answered me. But I have replied to them directly (a mistake, sorry) and so I repost my questions here at work as I can't connect to my home computer... First, how do I subscribe the mailing lists ? Is it possible ? Second, my questions... I am currently a windows user. I will surely keep windows for games, as there are only a few games on the unix community. But I want to get rid of windows for work, and use a unix kind of OS instead. So I wonder whether to try FreeBSD or Linux. First, what are the differences between the two OS ? Someone told me FreeBSD is real Unix, and Linux has nothing to do with Unix. But what does this means ? About compatibility for example ? I have thought that unix software can run under linux. Can I find all kind of apps I can find on linux, on FreeBSD ? Such as office tools (such as staroffice), network and internet tools, and games ? Last question : what is the best way to install FreeBSD ? FTP or a CD ? I have a DSL connection and so I have a free connection to internet. But to be able to access FTP site I must first configure my internet access. I had this pb when I tried debian linux : I have installed the base OS with disks but then I was unable to configure my internet connection : I have not the tools needed. And what about FreeBSD ? I am in France and as DSL connection I have ADSL with PPPoE or PPTP. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message