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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: I know this one is as old as the hills.....
Date: 7 Mar 1994 21:13:10 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT
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In article <2lfihn$bjt@inet.up.ac.za>,
Rolf HW Poser <hwposer@dreamcoat.ee.up.ac.za> wrote:
>But I've found myself in the position where I have to draw on other peoples
>experience and perhaps on the writers/beta testers of the new FreeBSD (1.1) :
>
>1. :
>IN WHAT WAYS IS THE NEW FREEBSD BETTER THAN LINUX (LATEST SLACKWARE)
One has a name that starts with the English letter 'L', and the other
one starts with the English letter 'F'. Since 'F' comes before 'L' in
the alphabet FreeBSD much be better. :-)
The networking code in FreeBSD is better. The documentation for FreeBSD
is better. FreeBSD tends to have more 'commercial quality'
documentation written up on it so it's more standardized. The entire
distribution for FreeBSD is better put together as a whole.
FreeBSD uses a better copyright than Linux, the BSD copyright. { See below }
>2. :
>IN WHAT WAYS IS THE LATEST SLACKWARE BETTER THAN FREEBSD 1.1 ?
One has a name that starts with the English letter 'L', and the other
one starts with the English letter 'F'. Since 'L' comes after 'F' in
the alphabet Linux must be using newer technology.
Linux has a DOS emulator. There are more users using Linux than using
FreeBSD due to FreeBSD entering the scene later on. Slackware uses
a more modular install script which makes it easier to install different
parts of the system. (It's more customizable) The documentation for
Linux was written by the users so it is more geared to you. (?)
Linux uses a better copyright than FreeBSD, the GPL. { See above }
Nate
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