FreeBSD 5.0

[collins]

On Sunday 04 May 2003 10:35, Ken Moffat wrote:
> collins wrote:
> >I decided to give this one a try - big improvement over the last time
> > (4.8).
> >
> >So, I'll be experimenting over the next few weeks to see how much of my
> >desktop needs this one can fill.
>
> Are there advantages over linux?
>

Good way to start a flame war <g>, but I would say not really.

A year and a half ago on my 800MZ machine, FreeBSD 4.7 was much quicker at 
loading KDE, etc., but now with my 1800AthlonXP machine thee's not much 
difference.  It could be that gentoo/KDE have gotten better, too.

The basic truism about FreeBSD is:  if pick-a-peripheral is supported, it just 
works automatically; otherwise, sorry Charley, wait a year.  For example, the 
kernel supplied with the ISO didn't have sound support.  All I had to do was 
add one line to the kernel config, make a new kernel (the old kernel is 
renamed automatically), and reboot.  FreeBSD now uses devfs, so the devices 
were made automatically, and I didn't need to screw around with module load 
list, etc., or fix up any permissions to use sound as a normal user.

Since I'm using KDE, thee is nothing visual that tells me I'm not running 
linux.  Since it's pretty much a linux world, FreeBSD has very good linux 
compatibility support.


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Collins Richey - Denver Area
FreeBSD 5.0