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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.citynet.net!news From: Brian Honey <wwwplan@citynet.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: which Unix to choose? Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 10:03:03 -0500 Organization: MOVRC Lines: 28 Message-ID: <327F5727.179F@citynet.net> Reply-To: wwwplan@citynet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: park2_26s.citynet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:28596 comp.unix.misc:26091 comp.unix.questions:90589 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30697 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4821 First, sorry for the cross posting, but I wasn't really sure where to place this query. I am interested in obtaining some type of Unix, to use initially for general writing and record keeping, Internet use, and to eventually develop applications. I currently use NT Workstation 4.0, but have used, at various times, Win95, MacOS 7.5, OS/2 2.1, and of course DOS/Win3.x. I know there is no universal scale, but I would guess I am relatively computer literate. I'm hoping to get recommendations from any Unix people, preferably people familiar with more than one release of Unix, as to what would be the best release to choose? Any pointers to relevant web sites would be appreciated also. Oh, I should mention, I'm looking for an inexpensive/free release. There are so many choices available, it is difficult to choose - SCO OpenServer, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and all the flavors of Linux. Thanks all, Brian -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Brian Honey honeyman@poboxes.com or wwwplan@citynet.net Geographic Information Systems Planner (glorified map maker) check it out --> --> --> --> --> --> http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com