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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!uunet!inXS.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux - A Different View Date: 20 Jun 1996 14:36:49 GMT Organization: ISSC South Region, RTP, NC Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4qbnm1$o1g@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <31C8D030.167EB0E7@telstra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 In article <31C8D030.167EB0E7@telstra.net>, Wayne Farmer <wayne@telstra.net> writes: >It seems a lot of energy is being placed on the "Which is best - Linux >or FreeBSD" debate. I use both. I prefer Linux because it supports token ring, Zip drives, dip, the proc filesystem, and has better documentation at a users level. BSD kernel functionality is better documented by Leffler, Stevens, etc. I use FreeBSD for my networking testing, almost everyone I know who runs a Unix at home uses Linux. I'm not a Unix guru/bigot, just like a real 32 bit OS with true multitasking. What Linux/BSD both need is more support via vendors, i.e. plug-ins for netscape are a windoze only feature, games supoort only dos/windows (with the exception of Doom/Quake on Linux :-)) There never is or will be the 1 true best OS. MHO, Tom Evans tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com