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From: s_titz@ira.uka.de (Olaf Titz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why would I want LINUX?
Date: 16 Aug 1993 12:55:18 GMT
Organization: Fachschaft math/inf, Uni Karlsruhe, FRG
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In article <24m779$b0h@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US> earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US (Greg Earle) writes:
> >can get good material for less. :-) Especially not since Linux is
> >actually the best OS you can get for the 386 class of hardware, if you
> >consider things like speed, memory usage, availability of software,
> >even support (from friendly net.people etc.)
>
> Uh, do you have empirical proof of this? (-:
Yes. :-)
Okay, while you bring in BSD: I really don't want to restart any
argument of Linux vs BSD. Both can be considered, as far as I observe,
rather equal in power, with some advantages on the Linux side wrt.
speed and memory usage and on the BSD side wrt. networking.
> So, at least, it would appear that Linux has won the "popularity contest".
> Whether it is the "best OS you can get for the 386 class of hardware" is still
> an IMHO statement, I would think. An interesting turn of events, nonetheless.
It is an IMHO statemenmt, of course. But I'm not to draw attention
from BSD people towards Linux, more to draw attention from Windoze
people, if possible :-)
Olaf
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