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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus Linux
Date: 11 Aug 94 03:42:32 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <jmonroyCuC9ut.1n8@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes:

>Gary Udstrand (gbu@uhc.com) wrote:
>:  I want to set up a sytem at home to run XFree and SLIP.  I will be using this 
>: more or less as a X terminal to connect to the computers at my office.  Is 
>: there any advantages/disadvantages between FreeBSD or Linux?  

>	my recommondation is that you might wait a few weeks.
>	386BSD release 1.0 is scheduled to mail.
>	What's in the package? 
>	I can't say, but I think the offering will be well recieved.

Oh gawd... someone asks whether he should prefer one of two well
debugged and established systems.  And Jesus' answer is: don't use one
of them, wait longer for something that we know nothing about!

Jesus, you must really like the color of the King's new robe...

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 Michael L. VanLoon                 Iowa State University Computation Center
    michaelv@iastate.edu                    Project Vincent Systems Staff
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