Heya! Really I think what makes any OS a "Unix" these days isn't the initial brand you're seeing, but whether or not it's fully POSIX compliant, and does so without being confusing about it (OSX).
I think Ubuntu is head and shoulders above the rest right now in terms of "Good Unixes". Not to say that I have any disliking of BSD for any reason, except that it's just not as easy to use, especially for newcomers. Whatever you might hear about Ubuntu being too simplified is probably just a reaction to the GUI it ships with. Underneath it all is just the same Linux with great standards and conventions in place to make finding everything and accomplishing tasks simple. There is something to be said about the software repositories both first and third party. Countless tools are being made available as .debs for Ubuntu now as well, which I think is huge. In terms of books and documentation, Ubuntu has http://www.askubuntu.com as well as their forums as well as a massive base of anecdotal knowledge available via a google search. I think that's just the start of it really. Let me know if you need a more specific question answered :) - Alex On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Ken DeWitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I am asking this question to get a goos debate going and find out what > makes one better then the other. As well for beginner starting place for > new memebers to find resources and please don't say google it. Why I say > that because I would like to see what book or site or other resource really > got you into your choosen unix platform. > > What makes freebsd better then debian or the other way around what makes > debian better then freebsd? Or what is your favorite unix platform? Why > do you like? And what resources besides google would you recommand to > beginniers or what resource did you use to teach yourself about that unix > platform? > > I will get started I started with ubuntu because of ease of use and this > site http://www.havetheknowhow.com/ because I wanted to make a media > server and file server. > > > -- > -- > > Any question or comments you can email or call me at any time. > I will get back to you as fast as I can. > > Thank you and have a nice day!! > > Ken DeWitt > Your Fellow Tech. Guy > > Phone # : 204-998-3218 > Email: kendewitt@y <[email protected]>ftg.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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