Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:03:59 +0100 From: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> To: Allen May <umayxa3@donet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Differences between FreeBSD and Mandrake Message-ID: <20020107170358.B561@beastie.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <016a01c1976f$1244b020$0401a8c0@Hewey> References: <016a01c1976f$1244b020$0401a8c0@Hewey>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:33:04AM -0500, Allen May wrote: > I am used to using Mandrake 8.x. I just installed FreeBSD on a > test machine and find it less intuitive to use. > Can someone explain the big difference between Mandrake and FreeBSD? Not in detail, unless you want to start (another) Linux vs. BSD flamewar. The 'big' difference is the fact that FreeBSD is a BSD-style operating system, and that Mandrake is a set of programmes and tools built around a Linux kernel. > In Mandrake, the current running DAEMON's are in the init.d directory.. > were are they in FreeBSD? I don't have an /etc/init.d directory. FreeBSD does not use the SysV style init stuff, instead we have a BSD-style rc(8) system. To see which daemons are currently running, you could use ps(1) or a similar tool. Generally, I also find that the contents of /var/run are interesting... > I use "locate" a lot.. I could find "locate" on my FreeBSD machine.. > what's the equivelent? I'm not exactly familiar with the function of 'locate' but 'whereis' will tell you where a thing is in your $PATH, and find(1) is still the old standby if you've lost something. > Thanks for any info. No worries. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Systems Programmer philip@paeps.cx http://www.vitaya.tv TEL: +32 2 257 91 58 GSM: +32 486 114 720 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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