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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!dataphone!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dciteleport.com!worldnet.att.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux (with Win95)? Date: 20 Jan 1997 22:42:57 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5c0sdh$i8g@raven.eva.net> References: <5bsvup$cdq@netnews.upenn.edu> <5bu7g9$fa5@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34335 J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : > I am interested in opinions about choosing between either FreeBSD or : > Linux. In particular, I am curious about : > : > 1. ease of setup : > 2. peaceful coexistence with Windows 95 : > 3. getting introduced to some unix things like Perl : > 4. being able to port LaTeX files easily to a "real" unix machine : For all of this, both systems should be fine with you. : The peaceful coexistence with Winlos^H^H^Hdows95 is btw. rather a : problem for the latter: if you install the Unix first, and Win95 : afterwards, it will happily clobber the bootselector, since it is : silently ignoring any other potential operating system of the world. : So if you do it the other way round, you'll have it easier. To have any sort of peaceful coexistance with any M$ OS you need to install it prior to installing any Unix based OS. Even M$-DOS will bit^H^H^Hcomplain if it's installed after Unix. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */