At 09:26 PM 1.9.2003 -0800, James Hicks wrote: >To whom it may concern, >My name is James. I'm a junior college graduate with an A.S. degree in >Computer Applications. I took a class in UNIX about a year ago. The os we >used was Mandrake Linux. I've learned to like Red Hat and have version 8.0 >on my home machine. I have been doing a lot of reading in magazines like >pcmagazine and sought info online using sources like the freebsd homepage, >zdnet, cnet, etc. I'm hearing alot of your UNIX os. I have a few questions >about the system. First of all, is freebsd a real UNIX? By that I'm asking >whether or not there is real UNIX code in it or is it a clone just like >linux is? Second, what type of file system does it use? Does it have a >journaling one like ext3? Do UNIX systems require any kind of defrag? I was >told by my UNIX instructor that freebsd had hardware recognition trouble. Is >this true and if so has it been fixed? I have also read that a lot of >sysadmins are nervous of putting mission critical apps on a enterprise linux >system and prefer to use freebsd. What is the problem that I'm hearing that >linux has? Do you believe the berkeley system to have code that has better >stability than the GNU systems? I look forward to your reply. Thanks > >James Hicks >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
You said: "....I was told by my UNIX instructor that freebsd had hardware recognition trouble...." Sounds like your instructor needs to do his homework. That is a real distortion of the facts and shouldn't be taught to students at such an important junction as it influences which path the student will take. James, at least you had the impetus to ask this list about it. Good for you. Follow this list a while and you will learn a tremendous amount about FBSD. For that matter, follow all of the OS lists available for that is a great resource. The handbook at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ is another rich resource about FBSD. Once you have installed and tried FBSD, I suspect you find out quickly about the power and capability of the system. Good luck.... (BTW, you can tell your instructer what I said and I'd be glad to debate that issue with him -- if that is what he really meant) Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
