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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!ernie.almac.co.uk!almac!adrian.cooper From: adrian.cooper@almac.co.uk (ADRIAN COOPER) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: BSDI/FreeBSD differences? Message-ID: <8A230D0.0339002945.uuout@almac.co.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 95 03:28:00 +0100 Distribution: world Organization: ALMAC : Grangemouth, Scotland : +44 (0)1324 665371 Reply-To: adrian.cooper@almac.co.uk (ADRIAN COOPER) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.2 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.0 Lines: 31 Hi: I am currently deciding on a dialect of UNIX to run on Pentium/PCI/SCSI machines and have inevitably arrived at a choice between LINUX and BSD. I would be grateful for input on the following questions: 1) What is the difference between BSDI and FreeBSD 1.1/2.0? 2) FreeBSD appears to be widely available via FTP, CD ROM etc.. but where can I obtain BSDI and is it shareware or commercial? If the latter how much does it usually cost? 3) Any observations on the relative merits of LINUX versus BSDI/FreeBSD 1.1/2.0, particularly for Internet connectivity, and hardware (PCI/SCSI/Ethernet/Video etc.) support etc.? I am from an SCO UNIX background and have never ventured in to the realms of BSD before so any and all observations would be most welcome. Thanks very much. Adrian Cooper. adrian.cooper@almac.co.uk