Hello again. Cory Petkovsek wrote: > > DragonSinger, I'm posting this to euglug as well, because I think it should go there. > > I have played with freebsd a little bit. I have both freebsd and debian on my >laptop. I've only used freebsd for a few days, and there are some subtle things that >I like about it. > > However, the debian package management is so slick, freebsd's doesn't compare >(although it is good). To me it's worth it to use debian over any benefits of >freebsd, just for the packagemanegment. Redhat's packagemanagment is better than >microsofts. That's all I'll say about that. > > If you want to try another Opensource OS, try debian. Some things aren't >automatically configured for you, meaning more work, yet more freedom. It's both a >curse to the beginner, and a blessing to the long time user. > > If debian made freebsd, I'd probably use it instead of linux, but they don't, so I'm >not. <--------------- SNIP ---------------> I've tried Debian. I like the philosophy behind it and behind their site. I can't exactly say why I didn't stick with it: after all it installed slicker that spit from a handful of diskettes on my old 25 MHz 486SX laptop and let me ftp (via the agony of a 9600 baud max. serial port) a few extra packages without a hiccup. Does anyone know if Zope can be installed on FreeBSD? Are there any limits on its support for Apache (doubt it)? Also, what (if any) are the advantages of using FreeBSD for a firewall box? Dennis E., "A Mind is a Hungry Animal to Feed."
