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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.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!torn!hermes.acs.ryerson.ca!ee.ryerson.ca!jeff From: jeff@ee.ryerson.ca (Donald Jeff Dionne) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: Linux box on the internet Date: 16 Mar 1994 00:52:37 GMT Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Lines: 41 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <2m5l8l$1md3@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca> References: <hastyCMGpA7.Gu5@netcom.com> <2lo4m0$sdt@bosnia.pop.psu.edu> <SJA.94Mar12174713@gamma.hut.fi> <2m0h7a$3ck@u.cc.utah.edu> <SJA.94Mar15122613@gamma.hut.fi> <2m4h1e$8ec@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> <2m4nth$eh3@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: eccles.ee.ryerson.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Christoph Kukulies (kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de) wrote: : Mirza Manar Hussain (mmh@doc.ic.ac.uk) wrote: : : Hi all, : : I should be in a position to put a computer on the net some time later this : : year and offer various services. I was wondering if there are many Linux : : boxes out there on the net with much significant access. I would be very : : interested in the viability of a Linux box in this situation. It would be : OK, fine. You will have a Linux box. WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS IN A : COMP.OS.386BSD.APPS NEWSGROUP.? Well, I can't answer for him, but seems to me, he wants to know the opinion of the other free UN*X camp. Simple, makes sense.... : : set up to be ftp, telnet, mosiac, gopher -able etc, with accounts available : : for remote users and possibly some bbs type discussion areas. : : Many thanX. : You're welcome. Penalty: take a 5 min. break and send 10 mails to : bsd-counter@uninett.no Subj: Thy shouldst be running FreeBSD : ...because of it's untopped networking stability and performance. I'm not closed minded, Thy shouldst....... my butt. Both are good. For different applications : :-) : : Manar What is BSD's net code like compared to Linux? I'd really like to know. Linux networking does work fine for me, but I have some machines where perhaps BSD would do better.... : --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de Internet Jeff@EE.Ryerson.Ca AMPRnet VE3DJF@bbs.VE3RPI.ampr.org