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From: poulosio@netcom.com (Mad Max)
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:21:54 GMT
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Larry Daffner (ldaffner@news.eng.convex.com) wrote:
: A good question... It's not a simple one either. Personally, I'm a
: satisfied Linux user, but I'll do my best to be non-biased. :)
What CD drive do you use? I'm getting pretty disgruntled myself.
Better yet, what one is Linus using?
: 1) Hardware compatibility - Make sure that both OS's support the
: hardware you have. I haven't looked closely, but I'm sure there's
: some hardware that linux supports that FreeBSD might not, and vice
: versa. As long as your hardware is fairly standard, this should be a
: non-issue. But still definitely worth checking.
Oh, like the compatibility list is really telling the truth. Can you get
a Wearnes CDD 110 to work? It's on the list.
: 4) User base: from what I can tell, there's a LOT more Linux users out
: there than FreeBSD users. So there's more people out there that might
: be able to help if you run into a problem. Then again, depending on
: how standard your hardware is, it might not be a problem.
Or more likely RTFM flame you.
: bearing on #4 above. Good luck on your new UNIX! :)
You said it, not I.
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