Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:00:40 -0400 From: "Brett G. Castleberry" <bcc9746@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> To: "Agoro (S.) D Ombaka (Agoro-Ombaka)" <ado01@gnofn.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Agoro (S.) D Ombaka (Agoro-Ombaka)" <ado01@gnofn.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD & LINUX OS comparison Message-ID: <019701bee936$9f8127a0$f224c992@s1o3q0> References: <Pine.GSO.3.95.990817140958.27781A-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
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Agoro,
If you explain exactly what you want to do with your system, maybe one
of the experienced "answerers" will respond.
Much of the discussion here has to do with networking and servers. You
might want FreeBSD if you will require assistance in these areas.
Linux newsgroups such as alt.os.linux and comp.os.linux.misc, on the
other hand, often dwell on problems with the setup of stand-alone systems
such as desktop and ppp setup.
It appears to me that Red Hat may support more PC hardware than FreeBSD.
My inexpensive Canon BJC-250 printer works with Red Hat 6.0, and I don't
know whether it will work with FreeBSD.
Don't think that your choice will be "written in stone." Once you are
comfortable with the process of installing, it is relatively easy to delete
your partitions and try another os if you aren't satisfied with your first
choice, which is what I'm doing right now, having wiped Red Hat and cracked
my FreeBSD book to get ready to install it this weekend. Red Hat definitely
is easy for a beginner with little knowledge of Unix to install, but as soon
as you start to work with it you have to learn the same things that you must
know to use FreeBSD. For myself, as a home user, I think it will be a long
time before I test the limitations either of Red Hat or FreeBSD. The limits
I struggle with are my own.
Again, if this is no help to you, be more specific about what you want
to do with your system if you want advice from the professionals.
Good luck to you,
Brett G. Castleberry
bcc9746@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Tallahassee, Florida
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