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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!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,list.freebsd-questions Subject: Re: NetCafe needs BSD advice - WHICH n' WHY 8-] Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:20:54 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 45 Message-ID: <4ch5q6$6tr@zuul.nmti.com> References: <4cfkfi$4op@news.mistral.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11355 comp.unix.bsd.misc:409 In article <4cfkfi$4op@news.mistral.co.uk>, Me <whereits@mistral.co.uk> wrote: > Is FreeBSD this easy ? Yes. > Can it handle (or is there support for) a news server ? Yes, there are two shipped on the CDROM. INN is the better one. > Do I need additional software for LAN support ? Everything including Samba (Lan Manager) is shipped on the CDROM. > WHAT IS the difference between FreeBSD and NetBSD ? They're sorta like different Linux distributions. FreeBSD is more user-friendly. NetBSD is ported to a zillion platforms. > Why are Linux and FreeBSD compared against each other, don't you need > Linux to operate FreeBSD ? No. Linux and FreeBSD are completely different operating systems. > What platforms are FreeBSD and NetBSD available on, and are there any other > BSD (freeware or commercial) that are better on any platform ? FreeBSD: IBM PC clones. NetBSD: PC clones, Alpha, Amiga, Sparc, ... gazillions. > Oh, and why are there so many freebsd.hacker newsgroups ? 8-] We're so cool one group can't hold us. > Are all these newby questions in a FAQ somewhere ? http://www.freebsd.org http://www.netbsd.org http://www.openbsd.org -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them