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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!news.eli.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.73.178.32!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!supernews.com!news From: David LeDeaux <dledeaux@vertexcomm.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: BSD vs Linux Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 15:56:07 -0700 Organization: Vertex Communications Corporation Lines: 21 Message-ID: <337A4307.3BF9@vertexcomm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: proxy.vertexcomm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; I; 16bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40864 I am currently a Linux user, but am considering possibly switching to FreeBSD within the near future. I am wondering though, what are the benifits of BSD over Linux? My Linux box at the time, is running as an Internet gateway for about 5 other computers. As it is right now, the Linux box is set up and running great. Would I be just "reinventing" the wheel installing BSD? Some of the reasons I am considering installing BSD: A) I'm tired of the Lie-nix vs Lee-nix thing (I say tomato you say tomato) B) I've been noticing a distinct trend towards lack of willingness to help from the Linux community. (In particular, the #linux channel on efnet...) C) I think it would be cool to say "I run UNIX", not "I run Linux" :) Anyways... any help is appreciated Also, please email me, since I don't read this newsgroup all too often... Thanks, David