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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:49:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        "D. Pille" <detlef.pille@team.nwn.de>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD or OpenBSD
Message-ID:  <20011217174436.B16958-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <000801c18757$c29454d0$31727fc3@nordwest.net>

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, D. Pille wrote:

> is there anybody out there and can tell me the
> differences between Free and Open!?
>
> Is there any point of view to prefer this or that
> Unix-like OS?

most of the differences are under the hood, and not visible to the average
user. for a beginner to BSD, and a beginner in UNIX in general, i would
suggest using FreeBSD.

below the hood, the differences are staggarding (different cryptographic
structures, networking, and disk drivers are just the beginning), and
pretty much to numerous to list in a short email.

> For a qualified answer waiting
> and
> with best regards

i happen to run both, if you wish for a more detailed answer, please
contact me off list.

-------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+
  http://caustic.org/~jan                      jan@caustic.org
    "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse
         of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche


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