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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider)
Subject: Re: 386BSD v. Linux
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In article <11567@tivoli.UUCP> steveb@tivoli.UUCP (Steve Benz) writes:
>I tried both.  I know this:
>
>	 -  BSD's installation procedures suck.  (I could rattle off about
>	    a dozen reasons why, but I'll just rip off the top 3:  The
>	    installation program gets deleted after you install (so you
>	    can't incrementally install the packages); The documentation
>	    sucks (the install notes contain reams & reams of junk not
>	    relevant to the installation process, so if you have to refer
>	    back to the notes, you have to sift through a ton of junk.
>	    Further, there's no notes on exactly what's in all the
>	    assorted packages.); and the kernels on Agate don't work
>	    reliably (or at least they don't work on my machine and
>	    some other folks have reported the same results.)

	WHile most of your points are valid, I would like to disagree with
this one.

	I found the INSTALL.NOTES to be quite good, and after having read
them through, I found myself ready to install the OS.  There was one problem
with my PC, but after I got a fixed boot floppy, everything worked great.

	I have been having problems with X, but that's largely because I am
using XBSD8514, and have been unable to get any help on it at all.

	ToodlepiP!
	Marc 'em.
-- 
  storm@cs.mcgill.ca           McGill P.O.W Camp         "Oh crap---It's not
  Marc Wandschneider           Montreal, CANADA             random enough"
	Any opinions expressed are not mine, but those of the Demon Lord
      Yeegeheeegenogohugu who possessed me whilst I munched on Raisin Bran.