> I'd like to start playing with BSD myself. What's the best distro/version > to work with and where do I get it (preferably online). > > BTW, I don't have a problem discussing or hearing about anything related > to > open source on the RLUG group. It's all good AFAIC.
Craig, The easiest BSD to use is Mac OS X. The downside is that you have to buy some really expensive hardware to run it. On the x86 side, I highly recommend FreeBSD 5.1. It has the easiest installer of the big 3 (Openbsd, Netbsd, Freebsd), and has the most software support. I've found that at least 85% of the [free|opensource] software out there will run natively on Freebsd, and almost all the rest will run with it's Linux compat libraries. FreeBSD will also run BSDI, SCO/Xenix, Coherent, and x86 Solaris binaries (with some minor trickery). You can buy Freebsd as a 4 CD set from: http://www.freebsdmall.com (directly sponsors the project) http://www.bsdmall.com/ (cool cover art!) Or just visit freebsd.org and look up how to do an install over the Internet. You can also get ISO images from the main site too. A note about the vendors I linked to; I've delt with both of them a lot over the past 4 years and they are really great people -- they are interested in helping the community. Perhaps it is time for a /Freebsd Install Fest/? Mark _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
