From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Nov 28 14: 8:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from odin.acuson.com (odin.acuson.com [157.226.230.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6974B37B405 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:08:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from acuson.com ([157.226.46.72]) by odin.acuson.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with ESMTP id AAA53F; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:08:38 -0800 Message-ID: <3C056064.34A3BE02@acuson.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:08:36 -0800 From: David Johnson Organization: Acuson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "S.Gordon von Miller" Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. Linux References: <3C0507B5.6580.E99DC0@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "S. Gordon von Miller" wrote: > > Hello, > > How does Freebsd stack up against Linux in regards to ease of installation > and setting up email? In terms of ease of installation, I rank it right up there with the best of them. You don't get a GUI installer, but GUI has nothing to do with ease of use. The installer is straight forward with plenty of help screens. The only confusing part is the initial kernel configuration screen, which can be bypassed if you don't need it. If you don't know anything about partitioning hard drives, then read the manual first. Otherwise it's very good. As for setting up email, Sendmail, exim, KMail, Netscape mail, etc., are all identical regardless of OS. Setting up an internet connection may be slightly different, but the basics are still the same. I actually find it *marginally* easier under FreeBSD than Linux. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message