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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!ellis!spfarrel From: spfarrel@ellis.uchicago.edu (Steve Farrell) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux vs .... X-Nntp-Posting-Host: midway.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <DDxHn8.BvK@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: redtape strn fanclub References: <41epe5$onh@mailnews.kub.nl> <41ncq0$esj@gol1.gol.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 17:23:32 GMT Lines: 37 In article <41ncq0$esj@gol1.gol.com>, MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> wrote: >I am curious about this also. I have been "using" Linux for a few months >now, but it is unstable. It keeps on having "kernel panics" -- sometimes >once every week or so, and sometimes several times a day. Is FreeBSD You know... that shouldn't happen. If you post more details to the linux newsgroups, you might get some help. The reason I mention this is that if you have a hardware problem, switching to freebsd won't fix it, and there might be an easier way to solve your problem that rebuilding your entire system. >more stable? I found the 2.05 release CD-ROM in Akihabara today, so I >bought it to try it out. I am curious to hear if people find it more >stable than Linux. > >Also, if anybody has any hints on turning my system into a FreeBSD >system from Linux I would appreciate it. I don't care if I have to >delete the Linux stuff, except I would like to keep the X-Window >configuration files, since they took forever to figure out. (^_^) you could put them on a floppy disk... (both will read msdos-format floppies, i gather...) > >Thanks, > >MICHAEL __________________________________________ >GNJ Spectrum Tokyo +81-3-5377-2401 (I%(J michael@gnj.or.jp >Featuring Internet, OneNet and Pride International Networks >IP Address 202.243.53.3, Port 3004 > > -- Stephen Farrell The Ben May Institute The University of Chicago Image Analysis & Web Admin. email:spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu voice:312-702-0656 fax:312-702-6260 home:312-288-8184 http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/spfarrel