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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD:  Is it a good internet OS?
Date: 3 Aug 1996 20:29:11 GMT
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poppa@aksi.net wrote:

> Is BSD a good OS to use for a regular dial-up internet connection?
> Better than a GUI OS?

BSD is a GUI OS for me. ;-)  (I'm typing this from within X11...)

It should be fairly good for your purpose, but ``better'' depends on
your expectations.  If you feel that moving icons around is better,
than BSD won't be what you expect.  A lot of configuration is
maintained in numerous text files, so a good text editor is one of the
most required tools when getting things set up.

-- 
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. ;-)