[CS-FSLUG] BSD-questions

[Jukka Y]

On Monday 21 June 2004 16:45, Ed Hurst wrote:
[snip]
> As Frank wrote regarding OpenBSD, so it is with FreeBSD: there is a
> Linux emulator that allows running almost all Linux apps natively from
> the kernel level. Only a few things won't work. At one point, I found
> that the Linux version of OO.o ran faster on BSD than the BSD version
> did. On occasion, BSD will run an Linux app faster on the same machine
> than any Linux distro will.
>
> FreeBSD gets more attention in the multi-media area. NetBSD is aimed at
> maximum spread on multiple hardware platforms, and suffers a bit in
> other areas. OpenBSD is secure in the extreme, and that is it's focus.
>
> All are likely to work fairly well for most things, and you might not
> notice any difference at a desktop user level. I can probably get you an 
> answer for almost anything within 24 hours.

Ok - thanks for your tips Ed! I propably try install FreeBSD (and yell help if 
I end up into serious problems ;-).

Blessings,
Jukka