FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE - Page 3

jquirke · 18th October 2002, 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by sciencewhiz
Actually, I WOULD recommend FreeBSD for a Windows convert. Purely because the documentation which is available on the web, or compilable on your own machine will walk you through most stuff you want to do.
Linux howto's suck in comparison.

Yeah but you have to deal with that horrible installer (admittedly for those familiar with FreeBSD it's easy and straight forward to use, but for new users - no way).

Also, although the documentation is good, as are the configuration files, you still often have to do a lot of stuff you don't with Linux - eg setup hardware, load kernel modules. There's no "plug-n-play" mount of drives, mounting of other drives etc as you would find in Mandrake 9.

And the kernel configuration section of the handbook is not too great either.

Grim-Reaper · 18th October 2002, 4:37 PM

hmmmmm, maybe i should just kick slackware off and just install OpenBSD? or do you recommend FreeBSD? I like to be secure, and OpenBSD being the most secure i think thats what I'd choose

jquirke · 18th October 2002, 5:30 PM

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Originally posted by Grim-Reaper
hmmmmm, maybe i should just kick slackware off and just install OpenBSD? or do you recommend FreeBSD? I like to be secure, and OpenBSD being the most secure i think thats what I'd choose

Well all the BSDs are a good choice for security; a well-configured FreeBSD is also quite secure.

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