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To: "Andrew N. Edmond" <edmond@UWYO.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Hardware Tailoring... 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:55:23 -0800
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>
>I am purcashing a system for a internet server (WWW, FTP, IRC, mailing 
>lists, telnet, etc...) and I am in a grip to choose between Linux and 
>FreeBSD.  
>
>To help the situation, I am writing to ask if the following configuration 
>has all the necessary drivers written for FreeBSD:
>
>Inter Pentium Pro 200mhz
>64mb RAM
>4 gig FastWide SCSI seagate HD
>Adaptec 2940W SCSI Controller
>Toshiba 6.7X CDROM SCSI
>Conner 3.2gig SCSI tape backup
>Diamond Stealth64 (Trio S3 968 chip set) /w 2mb RAM
>17" MAG monitor
>Diamond Mutlimedia 28.8k modem
>Ensoniq SoundScape (SB compatible)
>LaserJet 5L printer
>
>Any ideas on available drivers for some of these components?

   All of the above is supported in FreeBSD. We're using a somewhat similar
configuration on wcarchive (P6, multiple aha-2940). If you chose FreeBSD,
you'll definately want to upgrade to 2.1-stable, however, as the 2940 driver
is much more solid.

>And last question, generally - to set up a secure system that will be 
>offering telnet accounts, why is FreeBSD more secure than Linux?

   I'm not sure that it is. The systems should be roughly similar security
wise.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project