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From: lilo@slip-2-70.ots.utexas.edu (lilo)
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Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
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Date: 29 Mar 1994 23:04:07 GMT
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On 26 Mar 1994 20:46:22 GMT, Herb Peyerl (hpeyerl@sidney) wrote:

> : way to talk to my modem -- kermit is not there, I can't get tip
> : to work, and there's just not any instructions anywhere.  Plus, when

> *BSD is an operating system. kermit is an application. XFree86 is also
> an application as is TeX and many other things.  Should every conceivable
> application be shipped with the operating system?  

Probably.  If you want the novice to have a working system out of the
box.  Which is not necessarily a bad thing.  :)


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