FreeBSD is the one most interested in ease-of-use.  The Walnut Creek
Distribution also comes with a handy-dandy manual.

OpenBSD has a reputation for being the most security conscious and the
hardest to use.

NetBSD may be the least popular of the bunch.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of AZ_Pete
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:03 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: Which BSD?
>
>
> 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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