Montana Quiring wrote:
I've been playing with Solaris over the past year but I would like to get more experience with UNIX. There seems to be three (correct me if I'm wrong) main players in the BSD playing field.
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OS X (Mac) is the most popular BSD out there. It has been ported to the "standard" PC by several "projects". I can testify to its ease of use on a Mac (30 seconds to set up a server box through the GUI). If you have the latest and greatest version there is plenty of free and commercial software out there.
There is a down side to it too. It *IS* a commercial product. The OS itself seems to be a bit schizophrenic when it comes to the split between the GUI and the BSD parts. The company is a bit schizophrenic with its relationship with its customers as well. Come to think of it they are a bit inconsistent in their relationship to the open source community as well. Like many Linux distros they also include a lot of things many of us will never need.
Apparently NetBSD and FreeBSD will also work on *some* non-G series PPC Macs. However the general consensus is the G series PPCs are easier to deal with. Frankly I'd love to put one on a 7100 but I gather it is a very painful process and (for the moment) beyond my skill and understanding. :-)
Later Mike