Unix

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:46 pm

Ive been running Linux for as long as I can remember. Well actually since I was 5 before that my dad said the family's computer was dos based. I am familiar with unix. But I dont have a computer that it is installed on. So I know theres Netbsd openbsd and freebsd. Which one is better. And also I heard that slackware is the most unix like linux.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:54 pm

I like Mandrakelinux.

Post by **gannon** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:11 pm

I myself use Fedora core 2 on most of my PCs. I also use DSL for some of my older boxes, but it lacks a lot of features. I never actually got FreeBSD to run on any of the machines I installed it on

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:15 pm

SuSE is great for me. good interface (though it's basically a slightly modified version of KDE) and a lot of good programs are included. Also, it uses YaST, an awesome installer for a lot of stuff.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:50 pm

I see no one really understood my post which UNIX is better OpenBSD FreeBSD or NetBSD

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:52 pm

I tried Mandrake 10.0, but I don't know much about Linux... All I really know is Windows stuff and how to mount and access my drives.

Post by **gannon** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:52 pm

And as I said,

gannon wrote:I never actually got FreeBSD to run on any of the machines I installed it on

So I guess while that doesn't help much, it shows that freeBSD isn't too easy to install.

Edit:
Also, BSD isn't the only form of unix, so you should've asked which of the 3 are better.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:21 pm

Im running Fedora Core 3. Its pretty good. Nice interface, good features. It takes a bit of work to get java but its good after that.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:46 pm

Ok break down of what Free, Net and Open's advanages are. FreeBSD is the more main stream of the three it also supports more of the main stream platforms. NetBSD is the porter, they support like 50+ platforms and is from the looks of it very flexible. OpenBSD which is based off Net focuses on security.

All seem very good, and so you know FreeBSD also has more online documentation and books to read on it then the other two.

And as all three are free, its up to you to decide which is best. Note that you need atleast 4mb ram to run Free.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:03 pm

thanks and is your avatar a scottie dog?

gotchocolatemilk2 · Post by **gotchocolatemilk2** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:23 pm

does anyone know what would be the best linux to run on a 400mhz pentium 2 machine?

Post by **gannon** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:32 pm

how much ram?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:57 pm

gotchocolatemilk2 wrote:does anyone know what would be the best linux to run on a 400mhz pentium 2 machine?

It really does depend on RAM quite a bit, as gannon mentioned. I would recommend getting 128MB. If you have 64, you might be able to get by with it. Try it out and see if it's fast enough. As for the distro, I would try SuSE to start, since it's good for beginners and still has good functionalities. 9.1 would probably be ok. If it's too slow, try 8.1. If that's too slow, then Red Hat is probably your best bet. I believe I have used Red Hat 9 on a PII 333, 96MB RAM, but I don't remember how it was. Red Hat 8 should be fine if that is too slow. Keep in mind that I have had trouble gtting RH to work with my network card.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:04 pm

JackFrost22 wrote:thanks and is your avatar a scottie dog?

Yes it is my dog (scottie-westie mix), his name is Macbeth.

As for a distro to use. Yes it depends on Ram more than Processor speed. Linux isnt widows and so doesnt hog resources. Most distros will work with as little as 4mb but you cant use a GUI (Graphical User Iterface), to use a GUI atleast 35mb is needed and for that use a simple on like blackbox or fluxbox as KDE and Gnome use more ram.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:34 pm

Well i am almopst done with insalling OpenBSD on my i586 (for those who dont know Pentium 1) I just gotta reconfigure the kernal and repartition my drives.