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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!maui.cc.odu.edu!news From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:04:26 -0500 (EST) Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951211173800.18191A-100000@blizzard.cs.odu.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <49q9ol$7l@dyson.iquest.net> <49ssit$51@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <49teb7$ac@dyson.iquest.net> <49vk97$9es@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> <mkl.818175063@dagobert.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> <4a8jjc$71n@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blizzard.cs.odu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4a8jjc$71n@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30001 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10229 comp.unix.advocacy:12055 comp.unix.misc:20012 I hate this thread, but I gotta say something. I like BSD. I learned to use UNIX and admin (some, I have been filling in holes with FreeBSD) on SunOS 4.1.x. SunOS and FreeBSD aren't the same, but they are close. For me it's a choice of near transparency. That and linux wouldn't use both of my ethernet cards simultaneously, which FreeBSD does without question, problem, or comment. I don't care about max performance on my PC, since I am writing this from a Sparcstation20. I thnik most people are using what they are comfortable with. I have used Linux, customized my kernel, did all that configuration and tweaking, but it wasn't the same. I am a FreeBSD user by choice, due to what I am comfortable with. I haven't noticed any real difference in performance that's going to matter to the average single user, with maybe two or three machines at home at most. I use FreeBSD, my roommate uses Linux, our machines are networked, they talk to each other, things work. Use what you like and are comfotable with, and shut up about it already. Jamie I spent yesterday thinking about the tomorrow that is today.