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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: reeber@pilot.njin.net (One Vision) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really free? Date: 22 Jun 1995 15:47:03 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3schbn$3t9@pilot.njin.net> References: <073303Z20061995@anon.penet.fi> <3s6135$j87@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net > Ummm, haven't you checked out garbo.uwasa.fi or ftp.cica.indiana.edu. > Both are major ftp sites, and both are running Linux. And Linux does > have the documentation available, both in book and online form. > Don't give up on Linux too quickly. :-) Do you guys have to do this in every newsgroup? "Does TRSDOS just seem to bog your computer down? Run Linux on your TRS-80! It can run DOS programs!" The other guy did have a relevant point though. FreeBSD is, at present, lacking in documentation. However, the situation seems to be improving. (I will retract my statement when some kind soul tells me how to get dynamic SLIP running! ;) By the way, no one ever complimented the sysadmins of those sites on their fine taste in operating systems.