From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 6 11:18:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26180 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 11:18:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26169 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 11:18:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.054 #11) id 0zmjAr-000OMO-00; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:44:53 +0000 Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:44:53 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Leonid_Rozenblat Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD general questions Message-ID: <19981206184453.B93615@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <422566D2.0042D166.00@nexus1.nexus.co.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <422566D2.0042D166.00@nexus1.nexus.co.il> User-Agent: Mutt/0.94.17i (FreeBSD/3.0-CURRENT) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Leonid_Rozenblat wrote: > I would like to purchase and use a FreeBSD Unix on my home PC. Jolly good :-) > 1. Which FreeBSD Unix release suits for my machine (if any) (Compaq 5050 > Presario) ? You've got three main choices really: -current, -stable, or the latest release. Since you're new to FreeBSD, I'd recommend the latest release from the -stable branch, which is 2.2.8-RELEASE. > 4. Where I may purchase the correspondent CDs, including FreeBSD Unix > sources and documentation ? Is the www.cheapbytes.com is the proper > place (they offer some reduced prices) ? Ideally, buy it from www.cdrom.com. It's more expensive, but the profits go towards FreeBSD. If you don't need the CD, you could just download it from your nearest mirror, probably ftp://ftp.il.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/ > 5. Should I purchase Linux or FreeBSD Unix for OS learning and driver > development purposes ? I haven't used Linux, so I can't tell you. Everyone has slightly different opinions (some people probably have very different opinions as well). Try them both, see which suits you better. (FreeBSD will :-) -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message