From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 22:33:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA29275 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:33:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA29269 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:33:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA23464; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:20:31 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:20:31 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: David Kelly cc: Pedro Fehlauer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199712160127.TAA23870@nospam.hiwaay.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, David Kelly wrote: > Pedro Fehlauer writes: > > > > > I didn't find this question in the FAQ. So please tell me, which OS is > > better, Linux or FreeBSD ? I have only little experience with Linux and > > I find it good. But I must upgrade, and I'm evaluating to choose > > FreeBSD. Is it worth to make the change ? > > Well, checking Pedro's email headers: > > X-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Good point... > > I'd say if Linux has been bad enough for Pedro to be running Windows to > web surf and send email, its time to try FreeBSD. :-) > > Netscape 3 and Communicator 4 are some of the most popular commercial > applications available for FreeBSD. Easy to download and install via > the FreeBSD ports collection. I'll refer this to a web page I have setup. This page incorporates mainly comments pulled from responses the previosu questions along this line. It's mainly FreeBSD vs. Linux, but there's a fair bit of other OS's (SCO, OpenBSD, NetBSD< M$, etc) tossed around, too. The URL is: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm It's not very pretty, I'm afraid, but the information's there. Hope it helps!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*