New BSD Forum added

Due to the increase in BSD related questions I have added a BSD forum. All the BSD's are fair game - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc.

Both of the following URL's will will get you to the BSD forum:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...?s=&forumid=17
http://www.bsdquestions.org/

--jeremy

Cool I am planning to add a BSD system soon, just need a little more cash as usual, summer is comming car needs tuning etc. But your idea is great.
Thanks
Neo.

I myself am about to install FreeBSD to mess with, get somewhat familiar with so I can try to help out when necessary.
Hopefully this forum comes in handy for all of those who are using or trying out BSD and have questions about it.

wow! it's time i got my hands on openbsd... i need more machines!

I personnaly switched from Slackware to FreeBSD two years ago and I'm very happy of it. Hope I can help you if you have problems installing it.
One thing I can say is that's not difficult for anyone who used different Unices or Linuces (more precisely Slackware is not that different from BSD)

It's because Slackware is more close to BSD family comparing to other linux distribution. (Thats why I like Slackware)

This is awesome. I hope we're not going to see a lot of the religious debate antics like "Linux Sux and BSD Rulez" that pop up places.

I've been into OpenBSD for a while now and could lend my humble offerings to the mix if anyone wants. Things to remember with OBSD:

- If you haven't read the man page, you haven't tried to solve the problem yet. OpenBSD puts a lot of focus on making sure the man page is there, that it is correct, and that it is thorough. 80% of the questions that come up will be in the manpages. For the other % you can't get out of there, RTFM at www.openbsd.org/faq/ or look at the mailing list archives at http://www.monkey.org/cgi-bin/wilma/openbsd-misc

- BSD isn't Linux. It doesn't use SYSV, so you won't find an easy script to manage services in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ . You won't find an RPM, instead you'll use a package or maybe build from a port. You won't find LKMs.

- Security is the main focus, not a by-product.

- Development is constant and ongoing. There is a new release every 6 months. In the meantime, there is constant change going on in the -current tree, so if something needs to be fixed, it will be fixed soon. If you have a problem, try updating, you might be surprised.

Anyways, lets have fun with this! Peace.

Darren Spruell
www.sancho2k.net

This is great! Im happy to see this forum here, now I will have to pop in more often!

Great job jeremy.thanx a lot.

This is good addition, and I think it will add alot to the the forum as a whole.

Thanks Jeremy!

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