From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Sep 20 1:57:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from joe.halenet.com.au (joe.halenet.com.au [203.37.141.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CB8F14BD4 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 01:57:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from donh@halenet.com.au) Received: from igor (modem-33-warw.halenet.com.au [203.55.33.33]) by joe.halenet.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA08225 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:06:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from donh@halenet.com.au) Message-ID: <004401bf02e1$dffa8e60$212137cb@igor> From: "Don Hansford" To: References: <000801bf0315$79f10b60$5435fea9@user> Subject: Re: Linux Distribution or not ? Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 06:59:31 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The main thing that I think separates the two is stability. Since the development environment is so different (with the Core deciding what goes in or not) BSD seems to be a lot more stable and forgiving (luckily for me) than Linux. Also with Linux, each distribution is different, sometimes to an alarming degree, even though most are aiming at similar areas of the "User Market". Regards Igor Difference between computers & air-conditioners? Not much, neither work well when you open windows! ----- Original Message ----- From: Allix Primus To: Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 1:08 PM Subject: Linux Distribution or not ? Just wondering whats the difference between freebsd and linux distributions, it uses the same things and even uses X , isn't it a distribution of linux ? what seperates it from that ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message