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From: dleeds@MCS.COM (Daniel Leeds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: 27 May 1994 16:47:00 -0500
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GARCIA VALDEARENAS (cdt94001@oasis.dit.upm.es) wrote:
: Linux is faster than FreeBSD, but has a very poor network support. If you are not
: going to be connected to a network Linux is better. Linux supports graphics whithout
: X. Linux can execute many MS-DOS programs using a MS-DOS emulator (exceptions are
: all MS-Windows programs). Linux can execute all SCO binaries (so you can buy many
: programs for Linux) .
BAH! If you want to run shitty dos then use dos. All this crap about
emulating dos/windows in UNIX sickens me. Use it the way it should be
used, not to run fucking emulators. And FreeBSD doesnt support X and
graphics?? What are you smoking crack?? Just what I want to do, buy $$$
programs for a free operating system.
: Support for MS-Windows programs under Linux and FreeBSD is under development.
: Currently only very few programs can run under MS-Windows emulator ("wine").
: The most popular distribution of Linux is Slackware. It is very easy to install.
: The last version of XFree86 is XFree 3.0 included in X11R6 but is not very popular.
: XFree86 2.1.1 is more suitable for people not involved in X development.