At 11:43 4/20/2005, koen de wijs wrote: >Hello folks, > > >I'm new to unix. This year I tried FreeBSD. Some friend of mine adviced >FreeBSD. I think it works great. Only one thing that I don't like is >that you will need to know a lot to setup a lot of basic stuff. >I want to try out Linux. I heard it is more user friendly and the basic >stuff will be set up during installation. > >I really don't like the sysinstall menu. It is really unlogically. Why >isn't there a desktop and a server installation? > > >Could anyone give me a good site that describes the differences between >FreeBSD and Linux?
There are some significant differences especially where servers are concerned--some links below. As far as the desktop environment goes, supposedly most anything that compiles on Linux, should compile on FreeBSD. http://tinyurl.com/2f8np http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html http://tinyurl.com/6xhrz http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux8.php http://www.InternetWeek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800936 http://Search.Yahoo.com/search?p=%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 http://www.Google.com/search?q=%22FreeBSD+vs.+Linux%22 Much of what runs on Linux also runs on FreeBSD, either 'natively' or using Linux emulation. http://www.Google.com/search?q=FreeBSD+features+Linux Here is an installation how-to that I've worked up: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
