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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 14 Nov 1995 23:44:09 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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In article <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu>,
Joe Sloan <js@dostoevsky.ucr.edu> wrote:
[1]In article <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu>,
[1]Jack Hou <hou@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
[2]Hello,
[2]
[2]I am choosing between Linux and FreeBSD for my home PC. Can anyone please
[2]tell me the difference between the two? Which one is more stable?
[2]Which one is easier to install and maintain? How many applications
[2]can each operating system run? Is there something that Linux can do
[2]and FreeBSD can't do or vice versa? Any answer is greately
[2]appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[1]
[1]They are both bitchen.
[1]
[1]FreeBSD is more well developed, has more things working smoothly.
[1]Linux has attracted more commercial interest.
[1]
[1]FreeBSD is more secure.
[1]Linux is a bit easier to learn on.
[1]
[1]FreeBSD is more stable.
[1]Linux has more games.
[1]
[1]FreeBSD is based on 4.4 BSD
[1]Linux appears to be based on SVR3 with a lot of BSD features.
[1]
[1]Running bash & fvwm, it gets really hard to tell them apart sometimes.
[1]
[1]I don't think you can lose, whichever one you choose.
[1]
One thing you didn't mention..
FreeBSD can now run Linux binaries (e.g. doom,, (now with sound too))
but not the other way around
FreeBSD-current can now also read/write linux filesystems
so it's quite possible to run BOTH systems and I think you can even set
things up under FreeBSD to be able to compile and run (not sure
about debug though) Linux binaries..
I believe Linux ELF support for FreeBSD is being worked on at the moment..
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