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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!usenet From: "David R. Beck" <drbeck@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Linux vs. FreeBSD Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 09:08:34 -0500 Organization: Innovative Concepts Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3188C1E2.45AE@onramp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stemmons32.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; I) I'm trying to decide between Linux and FreeBSD 2.1. What are the differences, advantages/disadvantages of each? Does one make a better Web server than the other. It's obvious to me now that Linux has a wider (if not more public) following. I tried to pick up a copy of FreeBSD in the Dallas, Tx. area today (called, called and drove). No luck! I found Linux everywhere. I know I can order FreeBSD, but that's just the impatient person I am ;> The main reason I am considering FreeBSD is that I was very disappointed with the lack of (or my inability to find) ppp connectivity in the Slackware 2.2 with the 1.2.1 kernel. Any comparison of Linux to FreeBSD would help.