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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4187 alt.folklore.computers:68175 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ee.und.ac.za!ucthpx!itu1.sun.ac.za!arichfld From: arichfld@cs.sun.ac.za (Antony Richfield) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: BSD sluggish compared to Linux? Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Date: 23 Nov 1994 13:40:16 GMT Organization: University of Stellenbosch Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3avgo0$27@itu1.sun.ac.za> References: <3am248$7kv@itu1.sun.ac.za> <3ao31t$9fo@itu1.sun.ac.za> <1994Nov21.000855.124757@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <3aqbho$28b@itu1.sun.ac.za> <3at9c2$sie@masala.cc.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.232.212.20 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Woody Jin (wjin@moocow.cs.uh.edu) wrote: : In article <3aqbho$28b@itu1.sun.ac.za>, : Antony Richfield <arichfld@cs.sun.ac.za> wrote: : The reason why people didn't react was that there is a difficulty : in answering your quesion, "BSD, Linux, which is better and why ?". : It was not because people are not kind to you, not because they want to : piss you off. But because it is really, really, really difficult : to answer. The question has been being the source of farocious flame wars : among various free Unix-like OSs, and they just did not want to involve : in the flamewar again. Indeed, which I all understand and appreciate ... that was why I asked for diverse impressions. So far I have kept people from flaming OSes and on flaming me. : It is unfortunate that many new users face this question and don't get : any answer (since there can't be one ). : Maybe rather than trying to answer this question, someone might wish : to write something like, "New Users Guide for Free Unices", written in : *plain* English. Once I have set up a system with as much info as I can get, and if I get time, like in a vacation, it would be my pleasure to help with work on such a document. Point being, I am willing to share what I learn with others. Antony Richfield at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa GAT d? H s+:- g+ p?+ !au a22 w+++ v?*(+) C+ U? P-- L 3 E- N++ K+(---) W-- M-- !V -po+ Y+ t !5 !j R++ G'' !tv b++ D+ B? e+(*)>++++ u**(*) h*(-) f--(?)@ r-- !n !y* -----------------------------------GEEK CODE 2.1-------------------------------