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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!trib.apple.com!amd!netcomsv!netcomsv!netcom.com!tporczyk From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Newbie-friendliness (was: Re: Net code stability) Message-ID: <tporczykCxMsI4.FtD@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <tporczykCxJ40r.1qJ@netcom.com> <MICHAELV.94Oct12002237@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 21:46:51 GMT Lines: 26 michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: > tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes: >> [...] >the BSD systems use genuine BSD networking code -- >basically the same stuff that runs the entire Internet in commercial >workstations all over the world. Since they're real BSD "unix" >systems, they have the real networking code too. This is what everyone seems to be saying - btw, thanks to everyone who sent me email on this! >Whatever weaknesses the BSD systems might have with respect to Linux, >networking is not it. Speaking of which - I am awed by Linux's ease of installation, configuration and package setup. It is *much* easier on the whole than DOS/Windows. I think that this is what makes or breaks a system for the home market and what brings publicity (witness recent very positive article on Linux in one of the major comp. rags). With NetBSD 1.0 and FreeBSD 2.0 right around the corner, are there any plans to make them as "newbie-friendly" as Linux? Tony