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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2734 comp.os.linux.misc:19825 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gallifrey!newcombe From: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 11:06:31 UNDEFINED Organization: Clayton State College Lines: 46 Message-ID: <newcombe.351.00A6A2B3@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.144.82.16 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] >I realize I'm treading on dangerous ground here, since I'm going to SPLITTER!!! :) >Historically, these classes of people have preferred Berkeley Unix >to System V. System V appealed to the corporate world, where what >was important was a supported Unix. I guess someone forgot to tell me I should prefer Berkeley. >Hence, I would expect {Free,Net}BSD to be overwhelmingly more popular >than Linux. Yet, based on the volume of posting on the net, the number >of FTP sites that carry each system, and the number of CD-ROM places that >I've seen selling each, it seems the Linux is by far the winner in the >popularity contest. Well...my experiences put me with Linux. And this is my story (insert logo, credits, and theme song here... :) I got a 386-33DX in early '92. I decided - why waste it, lets get a Unix along with DOS (which I still needed for classes.) At the time, I knew there was Minix($$$), 386BSD, and Linux. I couldn't run 386BSD cause it needed a FPU for it's current release. So I installed Linux (0.96???) and was amazed by it. It was fast!!! (Coming from an 8088, CP/M was fast :) I then started learning Unix, posting annoying newbie questions on comp.os.linux Somewhere during the summer or fall, 386BSD 0.1 came out. As I'd always heard of BSD, I figured I should try it. Away went Linux, in came BSD. I ran it for a couple of weeks. I think the only reason I kept with it was because I liked the XView interface. When someone pointed out to me that it was available for Linux, I switched back. I did so for several reasons: 1) Linux didn't require you to install 20+ disks that had beened CPIO'd. 2) Shared Libraries 3) You didn't need 16Megs and 100 Megs HD space to recompile Linux. 4) Cool name. Since then, I have (unfairly) avoided anything with BSD on it. (Or Microsoft.) I guess I stick with Linux cause it has better support (IMHO). -- Dan Newcombe newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu Clayton State College Morrow, Georgia -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "And the man in the mirror has sad eyes." -Marillion