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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!hookup!swrinde!gatech!news.ans.net!news.nynexst.com!nynexst.com!hjl From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Question about BSD/Linux/GNU Date: 26 Feb 1994 20:26:14 GMT Organization: Nynex Science & Technology, Inc. Lines: 37 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2kob97$p1q@news.nynexst.com> References: <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: jalod.nynexst.com In article <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>, ae7140185@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg writes: |> Hey everybody, |> I have some small, trivial questions that I believe they have |> been asked before but I hope someone can enlighten me on this: |> |> 1) Are BSD, Linux and GNU are Unix clone for the PC? GNU? Did you mean GNU Hurd? I don't know when it will come out. |> 2) Are they all freeware? Yes. |> 3) Can we just dropload from any ftp site and merely install them |> into our PC. Yes, at least it is true for Linux. I guess you can do the same for *BSD. |> 4) Which of the three is better? It depends on whom you ask and what you do with it. I would suggest you try all of them if you are not sure. If you ask me, I would say Linux. |> 5) Any FAQ around? Yes. Check out comp.os.linux.announce and comp.os.386bsd.announce. |> |> I asking them because I am rather interested to install a Unix system onto my |> PC but I can't really afford a Unix SVR4.2. I hope someone can help me by |> showing me how to get a UNix onto my PC. |> For Lunux, you can ftp to sunsite.unc.edu. Under pub/Linux, there is "distributions". H.J.