Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:50:51 -0600 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: "G.R. Gaudreau" <grgaud@pop3.sprint.ca> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD main platform & Linux Message-ID: <35DF04FB.518BF15@verinet.com> References: <3.0.1.32.19980821053638.0068ea4c@pop.netaddress.com> <3.0.5.32.19980822074143.007a1aa0@pop3.sprint.ca>
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G.R. Gaudreau wrote: > > At 09:59 PM 8/21/98 -0600, you wrote: > >kevink@mindless.com wrote: > >> > >> Who uses FreeBSD as their primary computing platform at home? > > > >I maintain one main server running FreeBSD and several older pentiums as > >X terminals running a mix of FreeBSD and Linux, all on a small Ethernet > >network. One of the X terminals boots into Windows for MS Word. I can > >not remember the last time I did that. Hmmm. > > How well does the Linux platform work? I have been running OpenLinux 1.2 on a 150 MHz Overdrive Pentium primarily as an X terminal. Linux has come a long way; I miss the uniformity of the FreeBSD ports and man pages, but it seems quite solid. I have been experimenting with Netware for Linux on this system. Also, I might have to promote this box to a Linux server when Oracle for Linux makes its debut, unless FreeBSD's Linux emulation handles it well. I would much prefer to put this on the FreeBSD server, but it's too important to compromise if it doesn't; One way or another I'm going to make a living with that software. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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