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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:8490 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6788 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!vtserf.cc.vt.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!maddog!balister From: balister@maddog.async.vt.edu (Philip Balister) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 12 Nov 1993 13:30:12 GMT Organization: Mad Dog Enterprises Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2c0354$h8i@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <2bscmj$tmq@genesis.ait.psu.edu> Reply-To: pbaliste@vt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: maddog.async.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Matthew Donadio (donadio@mxd120.rh.psu.edu) wrote: : Bottom line: who cares? : If you want a bsd based system then use FreeBSD or NetBSD. If you want : a SYSV/POSIX based system, then use Linux. The point of what software : is available is moot because just anything can be FTP'ed and ported : with little work for either system. The only this that really matters : is what support is in the kernel. Exactly. Some more thoughts, if you are East coast get Linux, West coast get BSD. Linux is taking off because of the cool name, BSD and 386 tend to scare people off :-) (This is from an old Linus T. post on this same subject) If we use free systems we ALL win. (Please insert your own definition of free. I prefer this one Linux and BSD* are free, Microsoft products aren't) Can we put this one to bed now? Philip -- Reply to: pbaliste@vt.edu Linux: The choice of a GNU generation!