Hey everyone,
Sorry in advance for asking this question, I'm sure it gets asked a lot. So a couple of weeks ago on humble bundle there was a bundle of Linux-related books. One of the books in the bundle that caught my eye was a couple of books on OpenBSD & it's firewall (pf, I believe it's called). I had never heard of BSD, but from what I read on http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01, BSD sounds like an operating system I would like to install on my laptop.
Before I commit, however, I thought I would ask a few questions. Firstly, I will be installing FreeBSD on my laptop (ThinkPad T430) which I will using mostly for university work (lotta programming, system diagrams, and reports). Is FreeBSD (or another BSD) a good choice for my needs? Secondly, I was wondering if learning the ins and outs of BSD would also apply to Linux (a lot of the books I have have information on how to learn Linux as well). While I would love to learn both, unfortunately I do not have time with uni. Any insight you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry in advance for asking this question, I'm sure it gets asked a lot. So a couple of weeks ago on humble bundle there was a bundle of Linux-related books. One of the books in the bundle that caught my eye was a couple of books on OpenBSD & it's firewall (pf, I believe it's called). I had never heard of BSD, but from what I read on http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01, BSD sounds like an operating system I would like to install on my laptop.
Before I commit, however, I thought I would ask a few questions. Firstly, I will be installing FreeBSD on my laptop (ThinkPad T430) which I will using mostly for university work (lotta programming, system diagrams, and reports). Is FreeBSD (or another BSD) a good choice for my needs? Secondly, I was wondering if learning the ins and outs of BSD would also apply to Linux (a lot of the books I have have information on how to learn Linux as well). While I would love to learn both, unfortunately I do not have time with uni. Any insight you could give would be greatly appreciated.