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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!adam.com.au!adam.com.au!not-for-mail From: steve@adam.com.au (Stephen White) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Date: 27 Nov 1994 07:34:46 +1030 Organization: ADAM Pty Ltd. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3b87te$11r@adam.com.au> References: <3ah170$n5o@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <3ahojg$iis@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bill Bogstad (bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu) wrote: : Then there was the 386BSD vs. NetBSD vs. FreeBSD wars. Linux users may : argue about which distribution is the best; but they consider it to be one : OS (and it is one kernel). When I was choosing an OS, I looked at comp.os.386bsd.* and comp.os.linux.*. What I observed was: 1) The 386bsd groups were all talking about Linux. 2) The Linux groups were getting on with it. 3) BSD was split up into multiple warring groups. 4) Linux was getting on with it. So I judged that Linux was the happening OS, and I picked Linux. As for why I'm here now - the 386bsd groups are still all talking about Linux and I wanted some Linux vs BSD comparisions since I've heard that BSD can handle more of a load without getting sluggish. -- steve@adam.com.au