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#! rnews 2051 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Organization: Vindaloo communications Message-ID: <1995Aug9.233241.474@vindaloo.com> References: <409iah$inf@galaxy.ucr.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 23:32:41 GMT Lines: 32 In article <409iah$inf@galaxy.ucr.edu>, jignesh bhadaliya <jignesh@corsa.ucr.edu> wrote: > I know this question must have been asked before. Which is better >Linux or FreeBSD? What's the difference? Right now, I have Linux >and DOS on my computer. I am thinking about installing FreeBSD. >Are there more source of information for FreeBSD than Linux? Say >for example a manual. Which is better documented? Which supports >more softwares? What's the difference between FreeBSD and NetBSD? > This is a tough question to answer without knowing what your trying to do. The easiest answer I can give is to say "Try them both and stick with the one that you prefer." If you have Internet access this only takes time and even without the Internet the CD-ROM's are pretty cheap (About $25.00) apiece. The time is small too. It took me about an hour and a half to get Slackware 2.1?? going and about two hours to get FreeBSD 1.1 going when I was in the same situation as you. I had two machines so I could try them both concurrently but if you don't you can give a week to one then a week to the other. If you have any more questions feel free to post or send e-mail. Chris For what it's worth I chose to stick with FreeBSD. -- =~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~= "Never tell me the odds." | Chris Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> -Han Solo | For PGP Key: finger chilton@mcs.net -~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~--~~==~~-