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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD Date: 15 Apr 1994 21:10:21 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 36 Message-ID: <2omvrt$h4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2ol828INNmqb@hancock.cc.williams.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 Keywords: linux freebsd debate In article <2ol828INNmqb@hancock.cc.williams.edu>, Flying Dutchman <94crr@williams.edu> wrote: >Given my situation, which would you recommend and why? ( I'm biased of course as a FreeBSD core member, so for what it's worth) >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... Or publically available documentation. :-) In this regard, FreeBSD has an edge over Linux in that it's more 'standard' since it's based on a system that has been around for a long time, while many of the Linux setups are in a state of flux. However, I have heard of the Linux DOC project which may provide Linux specific documentation which you can read and access, but the fact that BSD has been around longer means there is more documentation for it. Also, since BSD is *BSD* and not a hybrid of different systems you will have an easier time finding non-Net people who can probably help you out with BSD questions. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.