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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Sun/Solaris or Pentium/Linux for new server ?
Date: 7 Aug 1995 12:46:46 +0200
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Mike Berger <direwolf@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>One of the little-known details about Linux is that you're not obligated
>to download and run every new kernel release.
One of the little-known details about FreeBSD :) is that you're not
obligated to wait for each official release if you're rather
interested in tracking the bleeding edge and not in stability.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)