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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.walltech.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!super.zippo.com!zdc!szdc!szdc-e!news From: John Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs freeBSD Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 00:57:25 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 17 Message-ID: <32350345.167EB0E7@freebsd.org> References: <01bb9e7e$3d73fca0$f82274cf@a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) Ari wrote: > > Can anyone tell me which OS is better and why?More popular?Relative > strengths/weaknesses? > I strongly suggest that you give yourself to try both. Even though I am a FreeBSD expert (and partisan), I have had fun installing Linux. It is very hard to get unbiased and informative answers to the questions that you ask (except the fact that generally Linux is more popular.) Try both and have fun -- they are both very inexpensive, and neither are cheap... John dyson@freebsd.org