[LUNI] How is freenas different than a linux with samba?

[Jay Strauss]

Martin Maney wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 09:18:31AM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote:
>   
>> I was just reading over www.freenas.org.  I'm curious how is a NAS 
>> device any different than running <distro> with samba and nfs installed?
>>     
>
> It's the applicance trope: it does so much less, and is therefore so
> much simpler to setup and manage... provided the specific thing the
> appliance does is all you need done.  Sort of like an iPod versus
> carrying around a laptop to run an mp3 player.  :-)
>
>   
Oh, OK that makes sense.

Jay