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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: 27 May 1994 23:54:50 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT
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Message-ID: <2s618a$34t@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
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In article <CqH2z7.29E@dit.upm.es>,
GARCIA VALDEARENAS <cdt94001@oasis.dit.upm.es> wrote:
> Linux is faster than FreeBSD, but has a very poor network support. If
Where do you get your numbers? Have you benchmarked Linux and FreeBSD
on the same hardware?
> 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) .
^^^ (I'm pretty sure this isn't true either, though it
can execute some)
The above are all true however except for the one mention.
Nate
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