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From: burgess@s069.infonet.net (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux
Date: 11 Jun 1994 12:30:04 -0500
Organization: Dave's House in Omaha
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I have just finished your compilation of the differences between the
various U*ix clones and have a few things to say:
1. This document is excellent. It succinctly describes the
differences between the OSs in their current (or close to current)
state. I will be using as much as possible for the *BSD FAQ in the
future.
2. This document will never be read again. It will serve the same
function as a FAQ. It will sit on the net and be ignored so that three
or four times a week someone will have to post a meassage that reads
"Please read the Differences List" instead of "Please read section 0 of
the FAQ".
3. It is going to be a nightmare to keep current. It is already
wildly out of date for some of the NetBSD stuff, and leaves many newbie
type questions unanswered. There are many, many features of the *BSD
systems that exist that were not listed, and many features that have
been vastly improved in the past six months. For example, QIC-40/80
support is built into FreeBSD, and if I can ever get it working will
get pounded into NetBSD.
I tried writing this document once, a long time ago. After getting
flamed nearly out of existence for it, I decided that it wasn't worth
the effort and gave up. That is why section 0 of the FAQ says what
it says.
I stand by my original answers:
1. Get them and try them. You will like one of them. They are
available on the net for free and on CD-ROM for less than $50 total.
2. Read the FAQs that are posted to the net regularly. Every two
weeks is plenty enough for the *BSD one (IMHO) but I can post it every
day if I want; I own my feed. I still think that this makes more sense
than any other advice I can give. If a newbie is so new that they
haven't even read the rest of the news in the group, then they are
posting completely blind and deserve to be flamed.
3. Find out what your friends have and do that. It worked with Video
tape, and it will work here.
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