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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2162 comp.os.linux.misc:12117 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!epiwrl.entropic.com!usenet From: kenh@wrl.epi.com (Ken Hornstein) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 31 Mar 1994 12:15:36 -0500 Organization: Entropic Research Laboratory, Washington DC Lines: 29 Message-ID: <2nf0fo$76u@sbus.entropic.com> References: <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <2n1l3n$821@clarknet.clark.net> <2n26uu$ae6@fw.novatel.ca> <2neomp$k5t@clarknet.clark.net> Reply-To: kenh@wrl.epi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sbus.entropic.com In article <2neomp$k5t@clarknet.clark.net>, Rob Newberry <rob-n@clark.net> wrote: >At any rate, your post didn't tell me anything I didn't know, nor >anything I didn't figure out BEFORE I ever tried to install *BSD. >My entire post claimed ONLY that I felt much more comfortable with >a installation package like Slackware than I did with the *BSD >install. > >As I am STILL having problems with Linux' networking code, I'm >STILL hoping someone will put together such a beast. But until >there is a way to painlessly install *BSD AND lots of utilities >I need, it's not for me. I guess the concept of "no pain, no gain" is foreign to you? I've noticed that everything in life has positive and negative aspects. Linux has a much nicer install procedure and supports a wide variety of interface cards; BSD has better networking (so I've heard). You can see that each of the different groups has focused their energies in different spots. Many people don't have any problems installing *BSD on their systems; it looks like the problem is with you. To be honest, it's hard for me to have any sympathy for you; here you have two FREE operating systems to choose from, with FULL source, and when something doesn't work all you can do is whine about it. Why don't you try fixing some of these problems yourself? What, you don't know how? Then learn. If you want your hand held, then get a commercial operating system. --Ken