Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 06:19:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Val Kilmer <malaclypse@diogenes.ionet.net> To: notme <notme@lvdi.net> Cc: aaron <merch@ptd.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906250609010.1874-100000@diogenes.ionet.net> In-Reply-To: <37734816.A0753CD1@lvdi.net>
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I'm forced to agree, though from different origins. I started on Slackware Linux, and, after two weeks, managed to get the thing working. Once. One time. After that, no luck. Wouldn't see half my equipment, wouldn't properly configure the half it did see. FreeBSD, on the other hand, is a tight little beasty. Got it up and running the first time I downloaded it. After adding a hard drive (and spending a week finding out exactly where to place it) I'm running a happy little box, needing a second phone line, and wondering why I didn't start here before. Look at www.cdrom.com's blurbs for both Slackware and FreeBSD. a)Slackware: The Unix with ATTITUDE! (ie, MtvUNIX) b)FreeBSD: A *professional quality* Unix OS. (ie Public Radio) Plus, cdrom.com uses FreeBSD for their massive ftp server. Sure, use Linux. it's a viable operating system, once you get into it. But FreeBSD *is* the next best thing to Solaris UNIX, argueably the most popular professional UNIX OS's on the market, it's easy to install, and all it takes is two floppy disks, 500 Meg HD space, and a little time. Enjoy the trip. Cory Ringdahl. PS: If anyone knows how to get the one piece of equipment that *doesn't* quite work right on my FreeBSD3.2-R, this PCI Yamaha 128 voice soundcard, to work, lemme know. Thanks. On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, notme wrote: > Hi, > Well, a year ago, when I was 16, I first touched on FreeBSD, and > I am glad that I didn't start from Linux. Although at first FreeBSD > *seems* a bit harder then Linux (usage and installation), I personally > find > the "build-it-yourself" personallity of FreeBSD much satifying. I also > found (well, don't bash me... just my opinion) that Linux to be a bit > too > "sugar coated." (although at the same time, it means userfriendly :) > If you're looking forward to use UNIX as a learning tool, FreeBSD is > > the way to go! (Heck, I started as a beginner last year, and learned > through > websites to setup fileservers and stuff like that...) On the other > hand, I > found Linux to be a bit more userfriendly... (But at the same time, you > don't > learn as much from the process of setting stuff up yourself...:) > > Well, above was just a very subjective and personal view. As you can > see, I would encourage you to use FreeBSD. (It's free, and you don't > have to worry about the different slackware and redhat... :) > > here's some FreeBSD resource > > www.freebsd.org > http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/topics.htm > www.freebsdrocks.com > > you can download FreeBSD at ftp.cdrom.com > or buy the book with 4 CDs (I which includes all the port selections > and actual "installation files" [distfiles]) for a bit less then US$50 > > Hope I helped :) > > Frankie > > aaron wrote: > > > Hi.I am a COMPLETE newcomer to unix operating systems...in fact, I > > really dont have anything yet to begin working with it. I was > > thinking of getting a Linux distribution but the best ones seem to > > cost a good bit of money (and I am only 17 and have none!)....So I was > > thinking about trying FreeBSD.... My question is...Is FreeBSD just > > like using Unix or Linux......for example, if I was to get a guide for > > helping people use unix or linux, would I be able to use the guide for > > FreeBSD??? THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!! Aaron Lynnmerch@ptd.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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