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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2127 comp.os.linux.misc:11698 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!news.amherst.edu!not-for-mail From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 27 Mar 1994 03:24:17 -0500 Organization: Moderator, alt.history.what-if Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2n3frh$5c4@amhux3.amherst.edu> References: <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <HJSTEIN.94Mar24111940@sunset.huji.ac.il> <Cn6txK.IDp@boulder.parcplace.com> <2n1l3n$821@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: amhux3.amherst.edu In article <2n1l3n$821@clarknet.clark.net>, Rob Newberry <rob-n@clark.net> wrote: >Now, I am definately NOT a Unix guru. ... >Now, I do realize that many of the *BSD people like it fine. But I >will bet that they have a firmer grasp of Unix sys administration >than I do. I won't say its a bad system...I don't know. I will say >that its packaging and installation process for novices like >myself is absolute crap. ... >IMHO, *BSD has a LONG way to go before its ready for users like me. I didn't realize it was meant to be. -- ____ Tim Pierce / Crazy isn't so bad. I could get \ / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / used to this. \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) / -- Mary Campbell