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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!jussieu.fr!univ-angers.fr!med.univ-tours.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!handbag.tecc.co.uk!parody.tecc.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 9 Dec 1995 17:04:13 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4acfid$rs@parody.tecc.co.uk> References: <49ssit$51@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <4a03ff$htd@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <4a4at5$a49@snowdon.elsevier.co.uk> <4abjgf$dap@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29913 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10168 comp.unix.advocacy:12007 comp.unix.misc:19987 In article <4abjgf$dap@felix.junction.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: > >What bookshelves? I have never seen a book anywhere on any bookshelf with >BSD in the title. I've seen lots of books that cover BSD Unix on bookshelves in libraries, good bookshops and in my bookcase. Perhaps you don't live in a University town? [snip] >Can anyone who wants to take the Handbook text and incorporate it into a >"Getting Started" book? This is already being done, I believe. >IMHO, both Linux and FreeBSD have their places. Neither is clearly better >than the other one overall so everybody really does have to make their >own choice. But having two such OSes in *FRIENDLY* competition is good >for both of them and thus, good for all of us. Absolutely. James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'