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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.kth.se!mars!lars-eng From: lars-eng@mars.dsv.su.se (Lars Englund) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 28 Dec 1995 22:23:10 GMT Organization: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University and KTH Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4bv5ce$8ct@news.kth.se> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu> <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu> <4av7jh$k48@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <4avg1j$dab@agate.berkeley.edu> <4bs4cu$mkm@gandalf.compumedia.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mars.dsv.su.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31596 alt.os.linux:6741 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11212 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1681 Regarding linux frequent updates: as someone else pointed out a while ago, unless you like to be on the bleeding edge, there isn't a need to use all the latest releases (adhering to the, 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it!' rule) I have to say I know nothing about *BSD , so I can't add anything to that, but I would like to try it out in the future. But it's probably safe to say that if you are a single user, one maching system, Linux or freebsd, or *bsd will probably be equally useful. lars Scott McDermott (scottm@compumedia.com) wrote: : Nick Kralevich (nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : : Of course, FreeBSD users might be different than Linux users with : : regards to purchasing CDs. That might also explain why FreeBSD doesn't : : have that much commerical support. : My thoughts (aka opinions): : It seems to me that FreeBSD isn't quite as new user friendly as Linux. : Installation of the popular Linux distributions are aimed at people who : know little or nothing about Unix. Installing FreeBSD requires more : knowledge about what you are doing, and doesn't automagically install all : the frills that Linux does. If FreeBSD had an installation that wasn't as : scary to the average PC user, it would probably have more "market share", : but who knows. Couple of other points, FreeBSD seems slower in getting : drivers for new hardware out, it also doesn't support as much hardware. : This is primarily because of the highly structured nature of FreeBSD's : development cycle, but this does hurt FreeBSD a bit. : The irony about the CD's is, buying a CD makes good sense with FreeBSD, : because of the structured development. Buying a CD with Linux is (IMNSHO) : a waste. By the time it's pressed it's out of date! Linux is so much : more dynamic (almost chaotic). It requires far too much effort to keep up : with it. ;) : To sum my ramblings up: : Linux is less stable under load, but is easier to use overall, good for : single user/low usage machines, and learning UNIX. : FreeBSD is more stable and handles multiple logins/heavy loads MUCH better : than Linux. For me and my purposes, it's a better machine for actual : usage. : -- : Happy Holidays! : | Scott McDermott : | System Administrator : | Compumedia, Inc.