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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!news.bv.tek.com!news.bv.tek.com!not-for-mail From: troyc@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Troy Curtiss) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Which 386-BSD is reliable? Date: 8 Aug 1994 10:00:55 -0700 Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <325oc7$qom@tekgen.bv.tek.com> References: <pmiles.776112888@tdc> <x23yUAp.dysonj@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tekgen.bv.tek.com As another plug for FreeBSD 1.1.5.1R, I have to say that the support (via net) is better than I get from some of our commercial vendors (ie. Sun), and much faster. If a person has enough technical know-how, the freebsd folks out there generally give enough hints/help to get through about any jam. For example, I just got FreeBSD about a month ago (thanks to recommendations from a fellow alumnus, Nate Williams) and have been able to set up two totally different machines (home & work) to do everything from X to dial-up. I was even able to resolve a sticky SCSI-card issue within a day or two (hardware problems are NOT cool!). I plan on possibly using FreeBSD here at work to do applications that don't require commercial apps, like file-serving, x-serving, internet access, dial-in access, email routing, routing, and the list goes on... We still need our Suns for high-end CAD work, and some other commercial stuff, but the price/performance advantage of FreeBSD coupled with the support seems a very good incentive. And another thing, you don't have to pay some Joe Blow $100/hour to open your PC and add RAM, fix hard-drives, add cards, and etc; I am assuming of course that because my aunt recently upgraded her PC, anyone can! :) Overall, I haven't tried NetBSD or Linux, but I probably will in my spare time just to see what would suit me best. Right now I am waiting for FreeBSD 2.0 (continued evolution of software is another sign of a good platform, and let me tell you, 1.1.5.1R FreeBSD is rock stable!). That's my $.02, from the newbie perspective. Any questions, feel free... Troy Curtiss, HW/SW Engineer Merix Corporation Forest Grove, OR 97116 troyc@trask.merix.com