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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech2!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!news.minn.net!skypoint.com!cyberoptics.com!bpeters!c1mpls!nwestnews.nwest.mccaw.com!nwfocus.wa.com!mdisea!mothost!newdelph.rtsg.mot.com!thorite!horvthb From: horvthb@thorite.cig.mot.com (Bob Horvath [C]) 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: 30 Nov 95 04:30:13 GMT Organization: Motorola Cellular Infrastructure Group Lines: 22 Message-ID: <horvthb.817705813@thorite> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajue$3h6@muirwood.convex.com> <poulosioDI20sJ.5vz@netcom.com> <48buod$cue@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <4972bn$psq@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <49ijf9$9rc@tombstone.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: thorite.cig.mot.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29374 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9876 comp.unix.advocacy:11779 comp.unix.misc:19866 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8922 gbutler@Phoenix.kent.edu (Butler Gerald E ) writes: >I've been following this line of argument and counter-argument ( or if you >prefer, insult and counter-insult ) and felt I absolutely had to comment. > As a relatively new Linux user I have had my difficulties setting up >and configuring Linux. Not only am I new to Linux, but also new to UNIX. My >distribution of Linux came on a 4 CD-ROM set from Infomagic. Over the last >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. Enough said. 3 1/2 months with Linux, I don't know how much more with UNIX if any, and look what this guy has done. Linux is not free (I am not talking about the cost of a CD distribution either). It costs nothing in dollars, only in time. If you invest the time, the investment pays off.