From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 20:15:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21070 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:15:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt4-68.HiWAAY.net [208.166.127.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21062 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:15:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA26788; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:08:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199811250308.VAA26788@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Alvin" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD In-reply-to: Message from "Alvin" of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 01:13:16 +0800." <000101be17cd$be2b5d00$2cca15a5@mikhails> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:08:45 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Alvin" writes: > How similar is FreeBSD to commercial Unix? Will knowing FreeBSD help me in > using commercial Unix later on? In my experience, FreeBSD is as different from SGI Irix as Irix is different from Sun Solaris, as Solaris is different from FreeBSD. Sun has a promo where for home or educational use you can purchase a copy of Solaris 2.6.0 for $10 (was over $18 by the time they added shipping and taxes). This is a very good deal, if for nothing else but the printed documentation. Haven't installed mine but am told it lacks a compiler. :-( The FreeBSD CDROM set is $39.95 from http://www.cdrom.com. Includes lots of compilers. From memory its $59.95 including Greg Lehey's book. Unless you already know everything about FreeBSD, you need Greg's book. Greg's book is easier on the eyes than any computer monitor. And more portable than a laptop. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message