Re: Why Move . . .
On May 28, 2005, at 15:56, Claus Guttesen wrote: whatever. The ports-collection will take care of dependencies. Upgrading is done by portupgrade zsh for instance. Just a small hint: personally I tend to always use the -b option to create a backup copy of the previous version (usually saved in /var/tmp). This way if your testing (!) didn't catch some issues you can go back to the exact (more or less) environment you had before the upgrade. After a little while you can then delete the backed up version to reclaim space and keep things tidy. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Move . . .
Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43:14 +0300 Phares Kariuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just The _only_ way you can find out if there is any advantage _for_ _you_ is to try it out for yourself. Find a machine, install FreeBSD on it, and use / play with for some time (a couple of weeks should do it). Note: if you are happy with whatever you have; don't change. If it works, don't fix it. If you want to learn something new, then you should take time to learn it. Just my 0.02 euros. couldn't agree more, i'm a fbsd user myself yet i run few linux boxes for other reasons such as client request or compatibility issues its not advisable to move from production to another platform production and you never touched FreeBSD, just play with it for few as Torfinn point out and move when you feel comfortable. Although migration from Linux to BSD is not the hardest thing todo i've did it with live servers after digging around and knowing exactly what is needed todo before just throwing things and praying to have things work as expected, you always need todo some testing before going to live. Just my 2 fils ;) ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why Move . . .
Hi, Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the machines I have access to are production machines. Thanks. kazam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Move . . .
On Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43:14 +0300 Phares Kariuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just The _only_ way you can find out if there is any advantage _for_ _you_ is to try it out for yourself. Find a machine, install FreeBSD on it, and use / play with for some time (a couple of weeks should do it). Note: if you are happy with whatever you have; don't change. If it works, don't fix it. If you want to learn something new, then you should take time to learn it. Just my 0.02 euros. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Move . . .
Phares Kariuki wrote: Hi, Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the machines I have access to are production machines. I can't tell you that FreeBSD is better for your needs. However, I have found that I agree with what this person has to say on the matter. http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php I fiddled with Linux for several years, not getting very far, then I found FreeBSD, and got the consistency and stability and ease of use that I sought. Kurt ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Move . . .
Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of moving to freebsd ( i have never used it), i cant just migrate because the machines I have access to are production machines. If you can run your specific app(s] on FreeBSD one distinct attribute on it's own could make you switch, and that's the ports-collection. So install FreeBSD, add your self to the wheel-group so you can become root, cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade, do a make install clean, and start install programs by typing portinstall zsh, apache, gettext, whatever. The ports-collection will take care of dependencies. Upgrading is done by portupgrade zsh for instance. HTH Claus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
