Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:25:53 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: hide110 <hide110@us-it.net> Subject: Re: General Unix Learning Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040908005930.08262030@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <200409072315.i87NFbcx005721@in.flite.net>
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At 14:15 9/7/2004, hide110 wrote: >Please forgive me if this is not the right place to turn but, I figure you >all would be able to share your wisdom with me. =20 > >I am a Windows user and I've hated it for the past few years. The Unix >experience I have accrued has mainly been working from a shell account; >nothing really in detail about the actual operating system or installation.= =20 >I have considered FreeBSD & Linux, but really, for a desktop system do you >guys think it's viable for a nearly pure unix newbie to tinker around with >BSD? Or would it be easier to start with Linux & eventually port over to >BSD? =20 > >Normally I'd take my own advice (if you want to use BSD, use BSD, if you= want >to use Linux at the end of the day, use that) but I'm just trying to be >practical with all learning curves taken into consideration. > >My deepest apologies if I should not be asking something like this here. = But >any replies would be terribly appreciated. Much of what runs on Linux also runs on FreeBSD, either 'natively' or using Linux emulation. FreeBSD vs. Linux discussions: http://tinyurl.com/2f8np http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html http://tinyurl.com/6xhrz http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux8.php http://www.InternetWeek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D12800936 http://Search.Yahoo.com/search?p=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 http://www.Google.com/search?q=3D%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 Here is an installation how-to that I've worked up: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ I'll be working on a how-to for Samba, and possibly KDE in the near future. Linux is getting all the hype these days, but FreeBSD is=20 better. ;^) Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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