[Sheflug] Re: FreeBSD and Linux.

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk> writes:

    Richard> Baz
    >> I take it you're a bit of a *BSD fan then?

    Richard> I've always said that I'd like to have another BSD
    Richard> meeting and invite any BSD people who want to join in.  I
    Richard> think we would have to have something else going on at
    Richard> the same time to attract a crowd.

    Richard> I've just started on Net BSD which is really good stuff.
    Richard> It's got a Linux emulator built into it.  Open BSD is one
    Richard> of my favourites and I think Free BSD is great for
    Richard> learning but probably not so good for the experienced
    Richard> Unix person.

FreeBSD has a linux-compat mode too, IIRC. (Wouldn't surprise me if
even OpenBSD does).

I had a shot at putting together an OpenBSD firewall box a few months
back, but I never got very far - maybe I'll get some tips at some
point :-)

IMHO, any of the BSDs are similar to  UNIX; certainly the boxen I've used.
I'm an admin for a rather old SysV/Motorola UNIX box at work, and it's
much closer to FreeBSD than I would have thought.

If I was a bit closer to Sheffield (or maybe one meeting every so
often, I could trek up there I guess) I'd be there for the BSD meets...

Cheers.

Baz.

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