Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 01:20:44 +0000 From: PauloZenari <zenari@provide.psi.br> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Comparison with other POSIX operating systems Message-ID: <383B3D6C.95B3B63C@provide.psi.br>
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Hi! :) I've heard lot's of good things about FreeBSD from a newbie, a colleguae from UERJ, my university. He said that FreeBSD is made to control server machines. He also said that it's much, much, MUCH, MUCH better than the other POSIX systems, such as Linux. When he said me that thing, I became really scarred...!! "Wow!!! Linux is very good... and this guy is saying to me that FreeBSD is much better... it should be perfect!" Well, I'm an addicted Linux user, but I became really interested in FreeBSD. I want to know the main diferences between both systems. Is there anything that I can't do with Linux that I can do with FreeBSD? Wich one is "older" or "more mature"? And what about software to run under FreeBSD? I've heard that FreeBSD can run Linux programs without recompiling... If I have an already set up Linux box, can I simply change the kernel and stay with my old programs? Is FreeBSD better than Linux when working as an Internet server, or as an ordinary SAMBA or NFS/PC-NFS server on a local network? And what about hardware support? Witch one supports *now* most of the latest hardware? hehehe... sorry about the rain of questions... and sorry about my poor english! :) Thanx for your atention... PauloZenari - Rio de Janeiro / Brazil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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