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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!slate!mbarkah From: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Message-ID: <1994Nov16.015630.97853@slate.mines.colorado.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 01:56:30 GMT References: <3a9205$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> <JKH.94Nov15045849@freefall.cdrom.com> <rcarterCzBL89.KrH@netcom.com> Organization: Colorado School of Mines X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Lines: 18 Just to add... I asked some students around campus recently, re: why they run Linux instead of *bsd... Top 3 reasons: 3. They've heard more about it from other Linux users. 2. Some of the classes here are taught with Linux. and... the real reason why students here use Linux: 1. DOOM for Linux. -Ade Barkah (maybe we should write more games!)