From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 15:55:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1CC16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:55:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23C8243D2D for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:55:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:52:11 -0600 Message-ID: <4194DD09.2050709@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:55:53 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041023 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Shelton References: <1100198746.12804.58.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4193C140.10007@onr.com> In-Reply-To: <4193C140.10007@onr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2004 15:52:11.0796 (UTC) FILETIME=[92AF3D40:01C4C8CF] cc: Mohammad Khan cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Helloooooo ! X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:55:47 -0000 John Shelton wrote: > > > Mohammad Khan wrote: > >> Hello Everybody: >> >> I am a Linux user. I use mostly RedHat and Fedora. >> I am planning to use freeBSD. I never used freeBSD. >> >> Would anyone please explain: >> >> What is the benefit of freeBSD over Linux? >> Why should I consider freeBSD instead of Linux? >> What are the current drawback of freeBSD compared to Linux? >> > > The Complete FreeBSD 3rd ed. by Greg Lehey (ISBN 1-57176-246-9) gives > a nice table of comparisons. It is a few years old, but has (in my > experience) remained the most fair comparison of linux and freebsd. > > "FreeBSD is a direct descendent of the original UNIX, though it > contains no residual AT&T code. > "Linux is a clone and never contained any AT&T code." > > [snip] > > "In summary, Linux is also a very good operating system. For many, > it's better than FreeBSD. It's a pity that so many people on both > sides are prepared to flame each other. There are signs that both > sides are learning to appreciate each other, and a number of people > are now running both systems." > > > thank you Greg Lehey! > ~John, Linux From Scratch and FreeBSD user That is good! For another perspective that addresses some "thoughts" of a sysadmin on the subject, check out Matt Fuller's "Rants" at www.over-yonder.net ... I think Matt got tired of answering this question, so in (?exasperation?) he wrote an article for his site ... Kevin Kinsey