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From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 17:08:30 -0500
Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
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References: <1994Mar18.084355.19503@atlas.com> <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <Cn1yJz.LHI@hippo.ru.ac.za> <1994Mar28.120648.5899@atlas.com> <2n8laa$668@lace.Colorado.EDU>
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X-To: Alan Krantz <atk@agua>

Alan Krantz <atk@agua> writes:
 
>As I see it the major difference (from a user impact perspective) is that
>FreeBSD has better network code and Linux has shared libraries. Give FreeBSD
>shared libraries and I would probably pick it over Linux...
 
FreeBSD V1.1 Does have shared libs.  (In fact a very flexible
implementation.)
 
John
dyson@implode.root.com