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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!parc!rocksanne!news From: Keith Bagley <keithb@gpim.xerox.com> Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <NEWTNews.854044238.14683.keith@keith.gpim.xerox.com> Lines: 24 Sender: news@news.wrc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32E2A49F.60A9C4F2@yorku.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:25:04 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:1914 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5600 comp.os.linux.setup:92226 comp.os.linux.networking:65020 comp.os.linux.misc:152411 > Mike Yorke wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm somewhat new to UNIX but I'm becoming quite an enthusiast. I have > > played a bit with Linux and I'm pretty pleased with it. However, I'm > > always interested in other "clones" out there and I was wondering how > > they stackup against each other. For instance, how about BSD? Any > > thoughts? > > > > Mike I have a similar question along the same lines. I'd like to set up a file/print/web server using either Linux or FreeBSD. Any thoughts on which one is more suitable based on: * Ease of use (learning, installation, maintenance) * Robustness * Support for "common" hardware * Available documentation/learning aids I've heard good things about both, and don't want to start a Linux vs. BSD war, but would like some input based on experience. Thanks, KeithB