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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!barracuda.pelican.net!usenet From: steve@pelican.net (Stephen C. West-Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs. BSD Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:44:31 GMT Organization: Pelican Net Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4sijl5$chb@barracuda.pelican.net> References: <4sgt8v$31t@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: mullet.pelican.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 derekj@immrc19 (Derek Jenkins) wrote: >I know that this has probably been bounced around >here a million times, but as a partially disgruntled >Linux user, I would like to know from current BSD >users why FreeBSD would be better for my PC-Based >UNIX system than Linux. If there is a FAQ that has >the anwers to this, could somebody point that out as well> Considering the cost, pick up a CD and try it. I have an odd reason for prefering it, I learned about UNIX on a BSD system in the '80s. FreeBSD gives me that warm fuzzy feeling. Linux has more of a SVR4 flavor to it, and athough I work with it too, it has always seemed to me that it has sharp, hard edges. Steve steve@pelican.net