From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 7 10:03:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA17421 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA17414 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA02342; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:04:26 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:04:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: Jerry Fass cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD. In-Reply-To: <33E90AD2.952@pitnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Useful comparisons must be clear, And quantitative, > comparing features, And performance. As noted in other posts, you should check the mailing list archives. One more thing that I think FreeBSD has over Linux is the ports archive. Typing "make install" instead of trying to port every single application that you wanna use is VERY NICE. I think we're up to 1300 ports or something now. ********************************************************* Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ With the time I waste on a life I never had I could have turned myself into a better man. - Toad the Wet Sprocket