From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jun 14 15: 9:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D17214C92 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:09:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA36248; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:08:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:08:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Adrian Parker Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD - New OS In-Reply-To: <37654841.98231C72@brockville.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Adrian Parker wrote: > I was wondering if you might help me out. I hadn't recently decided to > once again install a multi user OS. I wasn't quite sure what to get > though. It comes down to Debian, FreeBSD, or Solaris7. I haven't any > real specific purpose for using it. I will be on a desktop PC. Aside > from using IRC, browsing a bit, and maybe getting into a bit of Python > and/or C programming I haven't any lofty goals. I was wondering if > you'd suggest FreeBSD given this situation? Or perhaps for a desktop PC > you might think another is better. Under those loose conditions, they're all equally good. If you don't mind installing your own compiler and packages under Solaris7, that is, because it doesn't come with a compiler. > > Sincerely, > Adrian > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message