Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:03:32 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Pierre Robidoux <pierre_robidoux@radio-canada.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Choice of OS Message-ID: <20001016220331.B626@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <s9eb0486.053@cbc.ca>; from pierre_robidoux@radio-canada.ca on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:36:37PM -0400 References: <s9eb0486.053@cbc.ca>
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:36:37PM -0400, Pierre Robidoux wrote: > Hi, > > At BSDi web site, they offer 3 OS. (BSD/OS, FreeBSD and Slackware/Linux). ... > Why paying the price of BSD/OS if FreeBSD is the same ? > (I thing that there is a difference ... but ... what is that difference?) In some environment, it is common to prefer a solution that has a commercial vendor behind it. There you can go BSD/OS if you prefer it. Not that BSD/OS is infefior to FreeBSD. Each of them has it's own merits and disadvantages. > Why should I buy FreeBDI instead of a Linux distribution ? Because the little red devil is way more beautiful than the penguin. </joke> Because if you learn working in one BSD, then all of them will seem similar to you. I've worked with both FreeBSD and OpenBSD at home, and have seen a NetBSD installation. I feel that I can install any of the three on my home box alone. Try doing that with the zillions of Linux distributions. As the saying goes: FreeBSD is a complete operating system. Linux is just a Unix-like kernel surrounded by all the GNUs of the world. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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