Which BSD?

[Furmanek, Greg]

Usage of *nix systam:

OpenBSD - Firewall.

FreeBSD - Server.

Linux - Workstataion.

I have not had a chance to play with NetBSD.

Greg

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Shadow [mailto:shadow@digitalnirvana.com]
-> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:57 PM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: Re: Which BSD?
-> 
-> 
-> Here's the short list:
-> 
-> FreeBSD - Most popular and best supported.  If you're new to 
-> BSD, this
-> is the one to start with.
-> 
-> NetBSD  - Most widely ported.  Works on damn near everything.
-> 
-> OpenBSD - Most secure.  This is an offshoot of FreeBSD that 
-> I consider
-> the most secure OS available.  For those paranoid types like me.
-> 
-> 
-> AZ_Pete wrote:
-> > 
-> > Hello All,
-> > I don't know if this is the place to ask, but I have seen 
-> other BSD threads
-> > floating around, so I thought I start here.
-> > I have a spare box I would like to start playing with BSD 
-> to add to my Linux
-> > network at home.
-> > However, I don't know which BSD to try: OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD.
-> > What are  the differences among them?  Any Recommnedations?
-> > Any help would be appreciated.
-> > 
-> > The hardware is: AMD K3-450, 128MB Ram, 9GB IDE HD, 3Com 
-> NIC, AGP VGA.
-> > 
-> > Peter
-> 
-> 
-> -- 
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-> shadow@digitalnirvana.com
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