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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jemiller From: jemiller@netcom.com (John Edward Miller) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Message-ID: <jemillerD0KEnv.7zH@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3ah170$n5o@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <3ahojg$iis@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <BLYMN.94Dec2175232@mallee.awadi.com.au> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 22:33:30 GMT Lines: 16 Brett Lymn (blymn@awadi.com.au) wrote: : Funny - when I was going through the same process I found out which OS : did what _I_ wanted. At the time 386BSD was best for me because it : had support for SLIP and I have stuck with the *BSD variants ever : since. YES I KNOW THAT LINUX HAS SLIP/OTHER SERIAL NETWORKING NOW BUT : IT DID NOT WHEN I WAS LOOKING ok? Volume in the newsgroups seems to : be (IMHO) a strange way to gauge the applicability of an OS. Temper, temper. Newsgroup traffic is IMHO a very valid way to gauge the applicability of a freeware OS when you're going to be fairly dependent on same newsgroups, and related mailing lists, for support. John.