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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 20 Aug 1996 22:00:31 GMT
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dbarkley@xnet.com (Don Barkley) wrote:

> i am looking for sources of information comparing Linux vs
> FreeBSD.  (and also for opinions from this group, if you want.)
> strengths, weaknesses, reliability, available apps, etc.

Discussion about this question often causes too many differing
personal opinions.

Dave Burgess' 386BSD & Descendants FAQ, regularly posted to
comp.unix.bsd.{386bsd,netbsd,freebsd}.announce, contains some
comparision between the systems.

-- 
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. ;-)