Hello Tom,

Tuesday, September 04, 2001, 2:35:42 PM, you wrote:

TV> Just a quick hello to FreeBSD Newbies.

TV> I am a Linux user right now thinking about installing FreeBSD as well.
TV> I've got it running under VMWare on Winblowz2000 at the moment, but I
TV> guess I am always OS curious...and always willing to live dangerously
TV> :-)

TV> Maybe someone can point me to resources that allow me to compare Linux
TV> and FreeBSD (pros / cons). 

>From a Linux kernel hacker, who says that FreeBSD performance is
better.

http://www.byte.com/documents/s=558/BYT20010130S0010/

A nicely written article from WebTechniques with your exact question
in mind:

http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/01/infrrevu/

Both of these are from the headlines on the freeBSD home page
headlines.

Having taken a path similar to yours (tried Linux, then got interested
in FreeBSD), I'd highly recommend FreeBSD.  I made the switch and
haven't looked back.

brian


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