I run FreeBSD almost exclusively these days and have found it very easy to
use. Additionally, there are lots of resources for it specifically.
1) If you hit daemonnews.org, they will happily sell you CDs for the brand
new 4.4 release. Or you can download the iso for the release off of
freebsd.org . In either case, updates and patches are fairly well handled by
the online Handbook, which is conveniently enough also available at
freebsd.org .
2) Check out said Handbook. Also, you might want to look into The Complete
FreeBSD by Greg Lehey (book). It has proven invaluable to me. Also,
greasydaemon.com provides a lovely search engine for all things BSD.
3) FreeBSD is probably the most newbie friendly. On the other hand, I have
only passing knowledge of Net and Open, so my opinion may not be highly
valuable.
4) Uh, if you want to play with FreeBSD, I suggest subscribing to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] . That mailing list has been pretty helpful, and
will point you to more useful information.
HTH and I'm sorry to sound like a FreeBSD advert-
Marci
On Thursday 20 September 2001 03:31, Gaziel, Avishay wrote RE: FreeBSD vs.
OpenBSD:
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| Hi All,
| I'm going to install one of the *bsd's for the first time.
| I have experience with *nix like, OS's and of course security.
| I'll be glad to have some refferences regarding:
| 1. where to get the most up-to-date code and patches.
| 2. some "installation for newbies" guide and/or administration guide.
| 3. Which of the *bsd's is the easiest and friendly to begin with?
| 4. Any special issues regarding the subject I'll never find outside
| experienced people's minds
|
| Thanks in advance
| Avishay
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - -----Original Message-----
| From: Brian McKinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| Sent: ?? 21 ?????? 2001 19:02?
| To: 'Claudiu Ionescu'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
| Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD
|
|
| When i first started using unix i was using freebsd for a year or so
| and moved to openbsd. I wouldnt say one OS is "better" or more
| "secure"
| then the other, you can secure any OS before you put it in the wild.
| I
| found it easier to keep up to date with secure source with openbsd
| then
| freebsd. I never felt comfortable with the make world in freebsd, i
| have
| had some issues with it in the past (could of just been me :) ). I
| love
| OpenBSD's method of a patch branch. I have heard my friends who are
| using
| freebsd complain that the cvs branch is broken just to get to stable.
| OpenBSD boasts that they test the patch branch before its posted. I
| have
| been using OpenBSD since 2.6 and have never had a patch branch fail
| unless
| it was my own fault. Another advantage is the OpenBSD devel team
| claims to
| audit any other code that is included in the OS. I dont know how
| much of
| this is true and they are only human so things can slip through (ftpd
| glob
| issue) but the more people looking at it the better. Also over time
| using
| OpenBSD i have started to notice how slimmed down the OS is. I
| havent used
| FreeBSD in a while so please dont take this as a OpenBSD is better
| then
| FreeBSD rant. These are just some of the reasons i use OpenBSD. I
| would
| never say OpenBSD is "better" or more "secure" then freebsd only that
| it
| fits my needs as a stable and secure OS and its worth taking a look
| at.
|
| I hope this helps,
|
| Brian
|
| - -----Original Message-----
| From: Claudiu Ionescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:30 AM
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD
|
|
| Can anyone explain the difference between these OSes? What is it that
| makes
| the
| difference!?
| Thank you.
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