Erm, they are both cheap, as in you can get them for free. downloading OpenBSD is easy as i think it is about 100Megs and I am not so sure for FreeBSD. If you want a copy of OpenBSD and can't afford the modem time I am sure I could grab a copy and burn it to CD-R for you, I should most likely be able to do that for FreeBSD also.
I understand that the .iso of OpenBSD is copyrighted, so that they can at least make *some* money. Actually, I did spend ALL of last week downloading an old copy - 2.8, which is a wopping 618 MB. But the jump from 2.8 to 3.0 appears to be a significant one.
I must say this, though. I have *no qualms* about paying for CD's from the source company/org when I am able. It's kinda like a selfish donation "Here have the money, and I'll take a boxed set thanks". I guess that many free software projects are low on money for FTP bandwidth and stuff.
On the end user perspective it will appear to be much the same as Linux (you may never notice the differences) but from a sys-admin point of view things are radically different
Seeing as I'm a sys admin, I guess that's the pqart I'll get stuck into!
You will most likely find it a bit trickier to setup than linux, but then YMMV.
AESA=ALUG is an endless source of acronyms! ;) I had anticipated that, and to throw more spice into the tumult of confusion, my test box will be a 2 course meal of Debian and ?BSD!
Erm this isn't offtopic, look at the Faq ;) so this can stay on list,
Oh, but I'm running it *on* a Mega-Doohickey 9! ;) (see FAQ)
Ricardo _______________________________________________ "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Ricardo Campos wrote:
I understand that the .iso of OpenBSD is copyrighted, so that they can at least make *some* money. Actually, I did spend ALL of last week downloading an old copy - 2.8, which is a wopping 618 MB. But the jump from 2.8 to 3.0 appears to be a significant one.
Erm don't download the .iso? just grab the boot images, and grab the rest from the net, the base distro is only around 100Mb so it wouldn't be a big deal anyways. I doubt you actually need all 600 megs, a quick look at the openBSD ftp site show that lots of those other bits are packages for programs you will most likely never use.
Oh, but I'm running it *on* a Mega-Doohickey 9! ;) (see FAQ)
Hey I wrote that line, you should be paying me for support if you have a mega-doohickey 9 ;)
Adam
On Wednesday 03 Apr 2002 12:26 pm, Ricardo Campos wrote:
Oh, but I'm running it *on* a Mega-Doohickey 9! ;) (see FAQ)
Old hat now that the Mega-Doohickey is now at version 10.5 and is due to reach the milestone of an ear shatering version 11 (see "This is Spinal Tap" the movie). :-)
Seriously though any interesting stuff about BSD variants is very welcome on this list. How about an article about your experiences on the ALUG web site contrib page.
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