Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:07:39 -0500 From: "Security Mgr." <trouble@webfyre.com> To: GR Gaudreau <grgaud@sprint.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? Message-ID: <35D1231A.C87B08D3@webfyre.com> References: <199808120016.UAA14804@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca>
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GR Gaudreau wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not UNIX proficient and have been a Windoze user since version 3.0. All > I want to do is to run my computer as a workstation, get on the Internet, > do some word processing and HTML programming, and some light graphical > work. I have a board that has an AMD K5 90Mhz, 32BM RAM, two 504MB Quantum > HDDs, and an ATI 264CT video card with 2MB RAM. > > I don't mind the learning curve, I know I can learn to use this OS. I might > even be tempted to learn to program if the right UNIX-like OS came along. > I've had a tiny bit of experience with Linux. I had it on my computer for > about two weeks. ;-) I want to move away from Windoze 9x to a stable and > dependable OS. Would I be better off installing say, Redhat 5.1, or the > latest version of FreeBSD? And, what X-Windows GUI should I run on my > machine? Damn! there are so many of them!! Thanks. FreeBSD definatley with Enlightenment DR 0.14 as a window manager, though linux is nice, and i use it also i would recommend FreeBSD over it as it has better networking, and is much more stable, as RedHat 5.1 has levied many numerous security concerns in the past 3 months, id recommend slackware or debian in the linux world, definatley not REDHAT... but again FreeBSD is the best bet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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