Re: Linux user interested in *BSD
From: jpd (read_the_sig_at_do.not.spam.it)
Date: 12/09/03
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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:11:30 +0000 (UTC)
First of, you _also_ posted this in at least c.u.b.openbsd.m. This is
called multi-posting, and is considered wasteful. Slightly better is it
to cross-post. Even then you should keep the number of groups down, iff
you post to more than one group at all.
In article <br2vph$2081j3$2@ID-80304.news.uni-berlin.de>, Jay wrote:
> I'm a happy Linux person using Debian and Slackware, the latter being my
> distro of choice.
``If it ain't broken...''
> I'm getting curious about *BSD and I'd like to have the opinion of *BSD
> users who possibly have had some Linux experience : what advantages will
> I get from switching from Linux to *BSD? Is *BSD faster, does it use
> memory more efficiently or whatever?
{Free,Net,Open}BSD have webpages, and on those webpages they explain
what their strong points are. They do that better than I could in short
notice. Why not make use of that, first? After that, if you have
specific questions to ask, feel free to do so.
Adding a generic BSD<->linux note, I think that the *BSDs are generally
more mature and stable, both in code and in behaviour towards the user.
The other side of the medal here is that linux often has more support for
the latest and spiffiest whiz-bang gadgets. It also relies much more on the
gnu tools, which means closer contact to the fsf ideology. Which may or may
not be a good thing, depending on what your religious inclinations are.
Whether or not any of the *BSDs are actually better, spiffier, faster or
cook better dinner than your favourite linux distro is largely a taste
question. Try for yourself, and find out.
I know why I switched, but that doesn't mean you should.
> And last question, which *BSD would you recommend to an x86 user like
> myself : Free, Net or Open?
Since you ask in c.u.b.freebsd.m, the answer is FreeBSD. *Obviously*.
-- j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .
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