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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!newshost.williams.edu!newshost.williams.edu!not-for-mail From: 94crr@williams.edu (Flying Dutchman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Linux vs. FreeBSD Date: 15 Apr 1994 01:18:00 -0400 Organization: Williams College, Williamstown MA Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2ol828INNmqb@hancock.cc.williams.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hancock.cc.williams.edu Summary: which would you recommend and why? Keywords: linux freebsd debate Greetings! I have recently purchased a pentium for home use/home office use. I intend to run some form of free UNIX on this machine for the purposes of messing around with (ie nothing serious, just good fun). And I have reached a quandary. Which free UNIX too run? Many of my neighbors here at school have Linux, and they are very happy with it. Unfortunately, as I am graduating in June, their help, while nice, is not a constant. My bosses at the Computer center here have a few FreeBSD machines, which they seem quite happy with. However, again due to graduation, their support is impossible. Given my situation, which would you recommend and why? Please keep in mind that over the next several months, my internet access will be shotty at best, and therefore all material I will need must be available via CD-ROM from which I installed the system... Reply either by e-mail or post. Serious, well thought out responses only, please (I realize that this discussion can often lead to near religious wars...). Thank you in advance! Chris R. Roosenraad 94crr@williams.edu