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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA338 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:03:43 EST Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:24653 comp.unix.bsd:10637 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!unislc!erc From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. Linux X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <1k9oia$24i@agate.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <1993Jan29.204347.22002@unislc.uucp> Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 20:43:47 GMT Lines: 20 William F. Jolitz (wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu) wrote: : In article <C1KzwK.EC6@inews.Intel.COM> dvanbibb@td2cad.intel.com (Dwaine VanBibber) writes: : > This is most likely an FAQ...but here goes. I'm interested in acquiring : >a free/inexpensive Unix for my 486 PC at home. After following the DDJ : >series on 386BSD I am somewhat interested in it; however, I've been : >following the Linux as well. Which to choose? Maybe someone on the know : >can tell me the relative merits of each. Thanks. : Why not get both and try them out? Both 386BSD and Linux fit into : partitions on your PC disk -- you even have room for MSDOS and : something else, if you have the disk space. Perhaps this is something that should be included in the FAQ for BOTH news- groups - it comes up very often. -- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177 "It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering." -- Buddha