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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: Re: Newbie's guide to diff. between Linux, Free
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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 07:07:43 GMT
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LaCoursiere J. D. (Jeff) (z056716@uprc.com) wrote:
: In article 25K@netcom.com, tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
: >
: >Hi,
: >
: >As promised (although a couple of days late), here is the proposed
: >structure of "The Newbie's Guide To Differences Between Linux, FreeBSD
: >and NetBSD."
: >
: >My objectives in drafting this structure were as follows:
: >
: >1. Make the FAQ short (4-5 pages max)
: >2. Focus on issues noticeable to newbies (meaning "don't worry about
: >   differences in shared libs, etc")
: >3. Make it simple to read



: I swear I saw a large section of the 386BSD FAQ devoted to this subject just a
: few days ago...
:
	Yes, that's true, but this questions is so annoying and
	gets asked so many times a week (almost daily) it's
	perceived by some that this may help stop the 
	"flame-wars" that follow each question in this regards.



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