At 02:21 AM 5/26/98 GMT, you wrote:
>On Mon, 25 May 1998 21:47:31 -0400, Matthew Soffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>At 12:09 PM 5/25/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>As I have said before, I prefer FreeBSD over linux for a few
>>reasons. One of the reasons is that, it has a better partition
>>program. It will split the drive into a minimum # of partitions
>>for you (sized so you can install the system). Linux doesn't
>>have this feature.
>Not sure how you need to partition in FreeBSD, but in Linux you only
>need a root and swap partition. Any others are optional.
True.. but what happens if you get a bad sector ? Or you want to
install more programs (need more source code space) ? It's hard
to adjust things when they live in a single partition.
If you run an ISP and you have a Home partition (where User
Accounts) are stored.. If you only have a / and a SWAP partition,
how do you easily move/swap what the home partition is ?
>>Also, FreeBSD is more command line based in it's tools. Linux is
>>more GUI based (like MS is).
>
>I have been using Linux for about 18 months on a co-located server
>running Red Hat Linux with just about all of my administration being
>done remotely using Telnet. Red Hat does come with some gui
>management tools, but I found it easier, and more pracitical, to
>adminsiter the machine remotely using a charactor based shell account.
>
>From what I have seen, it is difficult to argue which O/S (Linux or
>FreeBSD) are better. They are more similar than different and. since
>the distributions come with basically the same programs compiled from
>the same source, the biggest difference is in Kernal. The big
>advantage I have seen with Linux is the larger install base which
>gives you more people to ask for help and there are more people to
>write the drivers sooner for the new wiz-bang hardware which comes
>out.
>
True. .The reason LINUX has take off is that there is a central
god, I mean person (Linus Torvaldes) to rally around.
Also the fact that many different companies sell LINUX is a good
feature (while FreeBSD is a single source). The fact that only 1
place controls the "release" is great. It's not released untill
ALL features are sure to work with the release
However, as you said.. They are similar and it is a matter of choice.
Matt Soffen
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