On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:34, Allen May wrote:
> I am used to using Mandrake 8.x. I just installed FreeBSD on a test machine
> and find it less intuitive to use. Can someone explain the big difference
> between Mandrake and FreeBSD?
>
> In Mandrake, the current running DAEMON's are in the init.d directory..
> were are they in FreeBSD? I don't have an /etc/init.d directory.
>
> I use "locate" a lot.. I could find "locate" on my FreeBSD machine.. what's
> the equivelent?
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> -Allen May
The differences are many
for example....
Mandrake uses SysV style init scripts - BSD used to use old style rc scripts
but they've been evolving that in a different direction.
BSD is designed for a very rigid Filesystem Hierarchy, Any linux has had
changes to its Hierarchy in the last couple of years to meet the LSB
recommendations.
BSD defaults to csh, Linux Bash
About the locate, BSD's base install is a lot slimmer than any standard Linux
install, it won't include things in the base system that everyone else seems
to take for granted. To install other stuff off the CD's run
/stand/sysinstall and select post-install, that should get you to the menu to
install additional packages (I think locates one of those)
OH..that reminds me...the software installation design philosophy is VERY
Different
--
Andrew George
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The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright --
And this was very odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
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