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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!quagga.ru.ac.za!ucthpx!itu1.sun.ac.za!abs From: abs@cs.sun.ac.za (Andre Skarzynski) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Switching From Linux to FreeBSD Date: 24 Jan 1995 09:58:07 GMT Organization: University of Stellenbosch Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3g2ivf$gfd@itu1.sun.ac.za> References: <3fvdhg$34i@myrddin.imat.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.232.212.22 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael_Nelson (nelson@seahunt.imat.com) wrote: : But I'd like to know.... is there anyone else here who's made the switch : from Linux to FreeBSD, and if so, are you glad you did? I did, and yes I am glad I moved from Linux to FreeBSD. I am a System Administrator for various UNIX machines, DG's and Suns mainly, so the move was job related too. I find *BSD more like UNIX in many ways. I now use NetBSD, which has good POSIX support for what developement I need. : How 'bout the availability of utilities and programs for FreeBSD? I'm : familiar with the archive sites for Linux stuff, but don't really know : where the major FreeBSD archives are, other than FreeBSD.cdrom.com. I : didn't see much there except the FreeBSD source and OS itself. Does the : FreeBSD community have archive sites on the order of Linux's : sunsite.unc.edu site? I found lots of stuff on FreeBSD.cdrom.com, look in packages of the version you want. I port and build most of the extra applications I need from the original sources and archives anyway, so I don't look that often at cdrom.com. So maybe others can give a better answer. : One of the major reasons for considering the switch is that I would like : to get more UNIX work (I'm a fledgling consultant), and many of the jobs : I see offered are looking for either SunOS experience or experience in : another "BSD-based" UNIX. In other words, I would like to learn more : about the BSD side of the UNIX coin, and FreeBSD appears to be a good way : for me to get some of that experience, especially since I cannot afford : to buy any of the commercial BSD UNIXes. : I love learning new things and fiddling with UNIX... do you think : switching to FreeBSD would be a good move for me in light of the above : discussion? hmm... I would say yes. -- Andre B. Skarzynski -- Information Technology, University of Stellenbosch -- abs@itu1.sun.ac.za ------- Tel: +27 21 8084293 Fax: +27 21 8084102 --------