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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.zeitgeist.net!usenet From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@star-gate.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: differences between Linux and FreeBSD? Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 14:25:25 -0700 Organization: TLGnet Inc., (formerly The Little Garden) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <319F91C5.41C67EA6@star-gate.com> References: <319E7F37.542B@roma.physics.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rah.star-gate.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386) Vivek Rao 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. > > Vivek Rao Try them both and if you want to help don't ask which one is better. Both Linux and FreeBSD are good OSes and are *free*. If I had to decide on FreeBSD vs Linux, my choice would be on what my friends use . It is far more important to be in touch with a group of people who are knowledgeable about the OS than on the merits of OS superiority. -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046 Fax: 415-495-3046 Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com Powered by FreeBSD