Hi Hylton, On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:50:36 +0200 UTC (1/13/2004, 3:50 AM -0600 UTC my time), Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: H> Now, whilst I am certainly comfortable on NT, and will try and switch it H> to SuSE/FreeBSD, I am wondering how different the FreeBSD OS is to H> learn as opposed to SuSE 9.0, ie can KDE still be installed and does it H> work basically the same for filesystem locations and commands etc? I have a few FBSD servers out there, as well as SUSE. Of course, FreeBSD is Unix, so there are some differences, mainly everything is controlled under the rc.config file, very simple... A few of the commands are different, kernels are obviously different, but overall they are similar. File locations are very similar, some different, but in the same /etc dir, easy to find and become accustomed to. Yes, you can run the latest KDE, Gnome, or whatever, and all are easily upgraded via the ports system... There are now over 10,000 programs available via ports. If you are interested, pick up a FBSD book, there are several out there, or a book on Unix, or visit their website.. Good luck.. -- Gary Dain bramaged.

There are differences between Suse and FreeBSD, FreeBSD is UNIX and its commands are a bit different, I use FreeBSD and its installation is similar to Slackware (slackware tendency is BSD), FreeBSD have text based tools for configure video, and you can install or uninstall ports, configure the system, etc, using 'sysinstall' command, is too simple. Oviously Suse is more friendly that UNIX, but depends if you want a server or workstation. FreeBSD also have interfases like Gnome 2.4, KDE 3.1 (FreeBSD 5.2) and others. Basically the differences are in configuration files like, unique rc.conf, etc, etc. On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 09:50, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:

Hi,

I have a possible job oppotunity comiong up where my employer uses an NT and FreeBSD network.

Now, whilst I am certainly comfortable on NT, and will try and switch it to SuSE/FreeBSD, I am wondering how different the FreeBSD OS is to learn as opposed to SuSE 9.0, ie can KDE still be installed and does it work basically the same for filesystem locations and commands etc?

Appreciated -- ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Using SuSE 9.0 with KDE 3.1 ======================================================================== -- Ing. Eddy D. Sanchez Salas Encargado de Sistemas e Internet U D A B O L

Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:

Hi,

I have a possible job oppotunity comiong up where my employer uses an NT and FreeBSD network.

Now, whilst I am certainly comfortable on NT, and will try and switch it to SuSE/FreeBSD, I am wondering how different the FreeBSD OS is to learn as opposed to SuSE 9.0, ie can KDE still be installed and does it work basically the same for filesystem locations and commands etc?

Appreciated

I played with it once on a laptop, best to download a copy and install it on a spare box if you can get one. KDE as someone else said looks the same and using the menues you can't tell the difference, but the filesystem layout is quite different, similar to devfs on linux and UFS on Solaris, but very different and takes some getting used to. The commands - perhaps you can find a command ref on the net to cope with the differences. A week playing with a box should set you up nicely. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.