Flavors of Linux/UNIX

[Gregory J.Neumann]

FWIW dpt.:
Before my Linux guru buddy moved away, we had a FreeBSD installation up 
and running, but it was just "different" enough that we didn't get enough 
of an understanding of it to do a lot other than say, "This looks very 
cool!"  Then I needed the HD for my daughter's college computer, and as I 
couldn't use it, ... back to Slackware, KDE and StarOffice 5.2. 

FWIW #2: up until the new memory manager in the 2.4.12+ Linux kernels, 
tests of high volume web servers always gave a considerable edge to 
FreeBSD, but I've read an article recently that says that the performance 
difference is nearly gone.

FWIW #3: I have a CD w/ FreeBSD 4.0 that I can copy.  If interested, let 
me know.

-Greg Neumann

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 12/27/01, 08:53:55, "Robert Pope" <Pope at ecc.edu> wrote regarding Flavors 
of Linux/UNIX:


> To all:

> Thanks to the people who sent suggestions about DNS. That did the trick.
> Now for the other good news. Received a computer for a Christmas
> present, see what a good boy I am ?. This machine will dual boot with
> Win 98 and ?????. I have been reading all the messages about the
> "flavors of Linux", Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware (go Navy). Which
> one to install? Any suggestions? No one has ever mentioned BSD hmm.


> (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((<>)))))))))))))))
> )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: Robert Dege
>       Sent: Tue 12/18/2001 8:42 AM
>       To: nflug at nflug.org
>       Cc:
>       Subject: RE: your mail
>       
>       


>       Check that your DNS entries are correct/inserted.  After a
> connection, try
>       pinging a site through IP & hostname:
>       
>       ping www.nflug.org
>       
>       ping 209.118.201.20
>       
>       This will give you an idea if it's a DNS problem.
>       
>       And just to keep this Linux(ish), make sure that you have your
> partitions
>       properly set (aka, enough space allocation for both OS's).
>       
>       ;)
>       
>       -Rob
>       
>       > Hi
>       >
>       > I realize that this is a Linux forum but .........
>       >
>       > I recently up-graded my PC from WinMe (with Internet access)
> to Win
>       > 2000. My ultimate goal is to run both Win 2000 (for school
> work) and Red
>       > Hat (for personal use) on the same machine. Before I load Red
> Hat
>       > however I need to be able to connect to the Internet. using
> Windows
>       > 2000. (my wife uses Windows and is not interested in RH) and
> then I want
>       > to access the Internet with RH.. My problem is that the ISP I
> am trying
>       > to use connects my machine to its server but will not load
> the Web
>       > site(s). The error message that I receive is "can't locate the
> server".
>       > Any suggestions ? I would really like to stay with this ISP
> (personal
>       > reasons).
>       >
>       > Thank you
>       >
>       >
> (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))
>       > )))))))))))))))
>       >
>       >
>       >       -----Original Message-----
>       >       From: Robert Dege
>       >       Sent: Tue 11/20/2001 11:40 AM
>       >       To: Nflug (E-mail)
>       >       Cc: Ron Wechter (E-mail)
>       >       Subject: Re: your mail
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >       > I  am a novice Redhat Linux 7.1 user and plan on
> buying 7.2 .
>       > I am
>       >       > currently duel booting 7.1 with Win 2000. Can anyone
> tell me
>       > more about
>       >       > GRUB and will it let me duel boot without using the
> lilo?
>       >
>       >       7.2 allows you to choose between LILO and Grub as your
>       > bootloader.  So if
>       >       you're familiar with LILO, you don't have to change.
>       >
>       >       A GRUB HOWTO:
>       >
>       >
>       >
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_sing
>       > le/Multiboot-with-GRUB.html
>       >
>       >       Nice thing about GRUB:
>       >       You can hide partitions (3 partitions of Windows, each
> one will
>       > think it
>       >       is installed on C Drive)
>       >       You don't have to reload Grub when you modify the conf
> file
>       >       Nice GUI interface (better than the old LILO interface)
>       >
>       >       Bad things about GRUB:
>       >       when doing a make install on a kernel, the last command
> is to
>       > use lilo.
>       >       So you get a cosmetic error message.
>       >       The command line interface at boot time has a higher
> learning
>       > curve.
>       >
>       >
>       >       Dege
>       >
>       >       Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get
> out, but
>       >       they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of
> chocolate cake.
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       
>       
>       
>       Dege
>       
>       Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
>       they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.
>       
>