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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!raffles.technet.sg!ntuix!ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg!ae7140185 From: ae7140185@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg Subject: Question about BSD/Linux/GNU Message-ID: <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> Lines: 21 Sender: news@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: v9000.ntu.ac.sg Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 23:27:24 GMT 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? 2) Are they all freeware? 3) Can we just dropload from any ftp site and merely install them into our PC. 4) Which of the three is better? 5) Any FAQ around? 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. Thank you. Moebius