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From: danny@hendrix.postino.com (Danny Aldham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
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Date: 21 Apr 1997 15:39:50 -0700
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John Stevens (jstevens@samoyed.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov) wrote:
: On Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:55:17 GMT, Bob Nelson <bnelson@netcom.com> wrote:
: >John Bianco <analogkid@ibm.net> wrote:
: >
: >Since you're about to install RedHat 4.1, please let us know if you
: >still stand by the assertion: "Linux is still not that easy to
: >use...".

: RedHat is *MUCH* easier to install than Win95!

Not on my stock Acer/Altos7000p. Redhat can't seem to find the Adaptec
disk controller. But FreeBSD did, just fine thankyou.

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Danny Aldham    SCO Ace, MCSE    www.postino.com