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From: kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 14 Nov 1995 23:27:29 GMT
Organization: Applied Phyics Lab
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Message-ID: <48b8l1$n7@nntp5.u.washington.edu>
References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48aoee$j59@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Steve McLaughlin wrote in article <48aoee$j59@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> :
>
>In article <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu>,
>Jack Hou <hou@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>>
>>I am choosing between Linux and FreeBSD for my home PC. Can anyone please
>>tell me the difference between the two? Which one is more stable?
>>Which one is easier to install and maintain? How many applications
>>can each operating system run? Is there something that Linux can do
>>and FreeBSD can't do or vice versa? Any answer is greately
>>appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>>
>
> It depends on whether you perfer BSD to SV. If it
> doesn't matter, I'd choose Linux only because it
> has a bigger base. We have a few PCs' around here
> running FreeBSD (mostly project servers) and trying
> to install freeware on them is usually a pain.
> There's never any FreeBSD platform option to choose
> from when installing so one has to choose a BSDish
> platform and start tweaking.
>
>
When it comes to freeware packages, you should check out the
ports collection. There are over 350 ported applications
in the collection (with more being added all the time). Adding
a piece of software can be as simple as
%pkg_add pkg_name
or
%cd /usr/ports/dir/path/to/freeware
%make
%make install
Steven G. Kargl | Phone: 206-685-4677 |
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