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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:8587 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6815 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!mimosa.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@mimosa.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <CGEv12.4u4@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: mimosa.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astronomy Department References: <2brq1b$a8j@news.ysu.edu> <2bs065$1gd@news.cs.tulane.edu> <CGC6nH.J08@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <16C841041BS85.U001295@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 03:29:26 GMT Lines: 28 In article <16C841041BS85.U001295@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl>, R. Schalk <U001295@HNYKUN11.URC.KUN.NL> wrote: >In article <CGC6nH.J08@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> >pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) writes: > ><a lot deleted> > >>In the end they >>generally wind up wanting to do things that I do in FreeBSD that they >>can't do in Linux. > >Please tell me what you can do in FreeBSD and not in Linux??????? > As usual I try to make a simple point and screw it up, generating a flood of posts in the process. Sorry. My point was that many people install Linux because it is less demanding on system resources. Since many people -start- on a DOS machine, they don't have disk space/memory for a real nice FreeBSD/NetBSD system. Linux has the advantage of being small, compact, and powerful. I have seen Linux machines squished into tiny tiny partitions on wimpy hard disks (-with- X)! There. I leave it at that. That was all I was trying to say. Jim