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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
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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	 

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