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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!math.fu-berlin.de!tpki.toppoint.de!xplora.toppoint.de!tim From: tim@xplora.toppoint.de (Tim Weilkiens) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Question about BSD/Linux/GNU Message-ID: <762653880tim.news@xplora.toppoint.de> Sender: news@xplora.toppoint.de Date: Thu, 03 Mar 94 00:18:00 CET References: <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> Organization: private site Lines: 34 In article <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> ae7140185@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg writes: >Hey everybody, > I have some small, trivial questions that I believe they have >been asked before but I hope someone can enlighten me on this: > >1) Are BSD, Linux and GNU are Unix clone for the PC? >2) Are they all freeware? >3) Can we just dropload from any ftp site and merely install them > into our PC. >4) Which of the three is better? >5) Any FAQ around? > >I asking them because I am rather interested to install a Unix system onto my >PC but I can't really afford a Unix SVR4.2. I hope someone can help me by >showing me how to get a UNix onto my PC. > >Thank you. > >Moebius > > > Hello, please mail me your answers. Thanks in advance, Tim -- >>> Do you really want to live forever...? (GENESIS, 1992) <<< ************************************************************** * Tim Weilkiens, Kiel (Germany), tim@xplora.toppoint.de * **************************************************************