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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!dostoevsky.ucr.edu!js From: js@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 14 Nov 1995 17:33:07 GMT Organization: University Of California Lines: 34 Message-ID: <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dostoevsky.ucr.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:26932 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8681 comp.unix.advocacy:10860 comp.unix.misc:19410 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8827 In article <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu>, Jack Hou <hou@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> wrote: >Hello, > >I am choosing between Linux and FreeBSD for my home PC. Can anyone please >tell me the difference between the two? Which one is more stable? >Which one is easier to install and maintain? How many applications >can each operating system run? Is there something that Linux can do >and FreeBSD can't do or vice versa? Any answer is greately >appreciated. Thanks in advance! They are both bitchen. FreeBSD is more well developed, has more things working smoothly. Linux has attracted more commercial interest. FreeBSD is more secure. Linux is a bit easier to learn on. FreeBSD is more stable. Linux has more games. FreeBSD is based on 4.4 BSD Linux appears to be based on SVR3 with a lot of BSD features. Running bash & fvwm, it gets really hard to tell them apart sometimes. I don't think you can lose, whichever one you choose. -- Joe Sloan | http://dostoevsky.ucr.edu jjs@engr.ucr.edu | College of Engineering Upgrade to Linux95! | University of California ~