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From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 8 Dec 1995 01:19:48 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD box
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References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49t2qm$dl7@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <MICHAELV.95Dec6214734@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <4a77qd$s82@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>
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In article <4a77qd$s82@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>,
Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>
>I've never found the Linux directory structure to be
>any more or less confusing than that under FreeBSD.
So in that case why was it re-organised?
I started running Linux in August 1993 and I can assure you that the
directory structure on many of the early distributions was a complete
shambles with links all over the place and no consistency at all between
distributions (often not even between different versions from the same
distributor). And of course the memorable line from one of the installation
programs "Creating 509 symbolic links, please be patient".
>In fact in my experience almost all these postings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>that "Linux is much better than FreeBSD at ..."
>and "FreeBSD is much better than Linux at ..."
>are complete speculation by people
>who are only running one system or the other.
What precisely is your experience of validating these claims? If you have any
hard data, please post it here as I'm sure a lot of people would be interested.
I'm also curious as to how you know what systems people are running. Have you
mailed everyone who's contributed to this discussion and asked them?
I'm assuming, of course, that you're not indulging in "complete speculation"
yourself here.
James
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