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From: lotu@wam.umd.edu (Arcadio Alivio Sincero)
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: 2 Dec 1995 13:34:35 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
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Butler Gerald E (gbutler@Phoenix.kent.edu) wrote:
: 3 1/2 months I've managed, with a little sweat and elbow grease, to install
: Linux on my home machine, get X-windows running ( on a Diamond video card )
: and use the gcc compilers for various projects for school. My experience with
: Linux has been nothing short of an incredibly educational and challenging
: hobby/job. I would urge anyone using Linux for the first time to not
: immediately expect Linux to be viable for your needs, but, to learn from
: it.

	No argument here.  That describes _exactly_ what my Linux 
experience has been so far.  With DOS, Windows, and OS/2, fiddling with 
my PC started to get a little boring.  



: individual. LINUX is a great operating system, and will only continue to
: get better.


	Yes.  I'm looking forward to what a Linux kernel v. 2.0.0 will look 
like ...



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