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From: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Charles B. Robey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Need the basical info about how to choose one of the PC/UNIX system.
Date: 15 Mar 1994 20:28:17 GMT
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Gate Master (gatemast@elvis.msk.su) wrote:

: Could anybody help me to choose one of PC/UNIX operating systems
: (Linux, FreeBSD preferable)? I want to install it in my PC and need some
: basical info.
You should tell us what you hope to accomplish with your system.  There
really isn't any best fit here, or at least it's a subject of fierce
debate.  What are the goals of your new system and who will it serve?

Chuck Robey
chuckr@eng.umd.edu