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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: differences between Linux and FreeBSD?
Date: 19 May 1996 12:58:18 GMT
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Vivek Rao <vrao@roma.physics.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Could someone describe the principal differences between FreeBSD and 
> Linux? To put it more provocatively, which one is better, and why?
> I am trying to decide which os to install on my PC, not start a 
> religious war. 

Try both.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)