Hi, Wayne!
At 08 Feb 98  20:20:00, Wayne Delisle Sr. wrote to Eric Oulashin:
 EO>>  wondering, which would be better?  I heard FreeBSD is supposed to be
 EO>>  faster
 EO>>  and more stable than Linux,
On both my computers (Pentium 266MMX/32 Ram/1,6G SCSI HDD and Cyrix 6x86 
P200+ with 32Mb RAM and 3G IDE HDD) FreeBSD (2.2.4) runs MUCH SLOWER than 
Linux (kernel 2.0.33 - stable). FreeBSD wants much memory (near 50-80 Mb swap 
space), Linux works on 32Mb RAM WITHOUT swap! I run X-Windows, some Netscape 
Navigators v4.04, IRC client, and sometimes GNU C/C++.
I haven't seen any Linux or BSD system crashes. All UNIX'es are stable.
 EO>> but there seems to be a lot more software 
 EO>> and support for Linux..
If you want router - buy CISCO router and don't afraid any hackers :)
If you want not only router - i think, Linux is much better. I have ftp/www 
site, Office computer (StarOffice 4.0), CAD systems (PovRay, PSpice, etc), 
programm development (GNU C/C++, embedded CPU (ATMEL 89C51) assembler), game 
machine (OpenGL Quake, Quake II) in one my Linux computer.
Linux can do IP masquerading well. This will be usefull when you have only 1 
IP address for some computers. Or if you do not want Win'95/NT machines been 
NUKEd or LANDed...
 WDS> FreeBSD is a "professional" OS, with lots of commercial support, IE: 
you 
 WDS> can buy service contracts to have someone do your UNIX support..
FreeBSD is a FREE OS, as i know.
If you want support, you have to buy BSDi or SCO.
But i think, USENET is the best support :)
On all questions that I asked in USENET and FidoNet newsgroups, i got 
answers. I got many different ways to solve each my problem, I heared many 
different opinions... If I call in technical support, i do not get so much 
information...
 WDS> Slackware Linux is a "gurus'" OS, with lots of bells and whistles for 
the
 WDS> experianced hacker..
I use Slakware. I just like it. :)
P.S. Sorry for my English.
Bye!
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