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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.cc.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!128.138.243.15!csnews!boulder!usenet From: Mitton Ken <mittonk@ucsu.colorado.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 10 Jul 1997 08:36:32 -0600 Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 34 Message-ID: <nsyrad7ynwv.fsf@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> References: <01bc8d33$3f7a4f00$6870d3c6@einstein> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsu.colorado.edu NNTP-Posting-User: mittonk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.32 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44210 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- FreeBSD certainly seems to be the favorite for BIG sites (like ftp.cdrom.com), but I find that a good Slackware system beats the packages/ports system for amount of software available and ease of installation (*PERSONAL OPINION*). However, comparisons are sometimes tricky because of the number of different Linux distributions---advantages of FreeBSD over Debian may make no sense in a FreeBSD vs. Slackware or RedHat discussion. Personally, I've got one machine running each... /mak - ----------------------------+------------------------------------------ Ken Mitton | "And thus, late one sultry night in 1992, mittonk@colorado.edu | Calculus-based death metal was born." ucsu.colorado.edu/~mittonk/ | www.imsa.edu/~slayer/nevermore/calculus/ - ----------------------------+------------------------------------------ > > I recently set up a FreeBSD system and liked what I got. However it seems > to me that there is a lot more usage, compatability and software out there > for linux. Any recommendations as to which I should use? Is one better > than the other for certain tasks? > > thanks > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQBVAwUBM8TzXmzuqz+6s88NAQEaUgH8Cn971/EfAcZ+NFT4lg9ZLIzDEj7EuO+0 scdQYlTRs4u8X97z2AIxyPD4ZK7Zyo3CvqD5O0tqws/ke3VHCIllmw== =4WkA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----