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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!lotu From: lotu@wam.umd.edu (Arcadio Alivio Sincero) 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: 2 Dec 1995 13:34:35 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Lines: 25 Message-ID: <49pklb$iql@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajue$3h6@muirwood.convex.com> <poulosioDI20sJ.5vz@netcom.com> <48buod$cue@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <4972bn$psq@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <49ijf9$9rc@tombstone.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rac8.wam.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:28878 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9661 comp.unix.advocacy:11599 comp.unix.misc:19755 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8909 Butler Gerald E (gbutler@Phoenix.kent.edu) wrote: : 3 1/2 months I've managed, with a little sweat and elbow grease, to install : Linux on my home machine, get X-windows running ( on a Diamond video card ) : and use the gcc compilers for various projects for school. My experience with : Linux has been nothing short of an incredibly educational and challenging : hobby/job. I would urge anyone using Linux for the first time to not : immediately expect Linux to be viable for your needs, but, to learn from : it. No argument here. That describes _exactly_ what my Linux experience has been so far. With DOS, Windows, and OS/2, fiddling with my PC started to get a little boring. : individual. LINUX is a great operating system, and will only continue to : get better. Yes. I'm looking forward to what a Linux kernel v. 2.0.0 will look like ... Arcadio