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From: Dejan Djukic <beaurat@circpc5.epfl.ch>
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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jon@ncuk.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux...
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>
> First off, could you just tell me *exactly* what freebsd is? 

It is an independently developped and free (as the name suggests)
version of the Berkeley (BSD) Unix for Intel based platforms
(PC computers)

I am trying to decide 
> wether to use NT or Unix as a Web/Mail server, so, is Freebsd the web server?, 
> or just a platform? If so, does it support things like server side includes etc??
>

FreeBSD is an operating system but there is a RICH 
ports/packages collection of utility software. 
I never did it myself, but you certainly can run a Web server
under FreeBSD.

I cannot tell whether NT or Linux is better.  I do not know.
I do know, however, that Walnut Creek is a distributor of Linux 
on CD of the global impact.   And that their ftp server runs under
FreeBSD.

> You may have noticed I have no idea what I am talking about, so, could you 
> *please* tell me a place where I can d/l linux, I have been to loads of websites, 
> put they *always* point me to complicated ftp sites, all I need is someone to tell 
> me *exactly* what files I need to d/l, or even better, just one file which has all 
> the other files compressed in it...
>
>

I have no idea about Linux.  But if you decide for FreeBSD,

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE

is the place to go.  Just READ CAREFULLY ALL  *.TXT files
and follow the instructions therein.  Everything will 
install itself neatly and will most probably work straight
from the beginning.

But before your decide, perhaps you would wish to see

http://www.freebsd.org/

and see what FreeBSD is, what it can do, and many more.

Whatever you decide for, good luck.

Bora