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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!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!news.netins.net!newsrelay.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!news.seanet.com!michaelv From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 03 Dec 1995 23:18:10 GMT Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <MICHAELV.95Dec3151810@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49ijf9$9rc@tombstone.kent.edu> <30BD2617.23585C28@mcs.net> <49k0dd$pfg@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <49p9nr$1pj@pell.pell.chi.il.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindbender.seanet.com In-reply-to: orc@pell.chi.il.us's message of 2 Dec 1995 02:28:11 -0800 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29849 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10128 comp.unix.advocacy:11979 comp.unix.misc:19969 In article <49p9nr$1pj@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes: In article <49k0dd$pfg@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, Clint Olsen <olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu> wrote: >In article <30BD2617.23585C28@mcs.net>, >Craig Bergren <cbergren@mcs.net> wrote: >Good point. I went out and asked amongst the mailing lists and >newsgroups to find this info out. Generally, most decent hardware is >supported by both FreeBSD and Linux. Linux may support a lot of funky >hardware, but I would probably not be interested in running an OS on it. >At some point, you have to decide whether or not you want to make an OS >run on your hardware or select hardware to run an OS :) You're part of a minority. A lot of people just want a good operating system to play with, but already have a machine to put it on; spending the money to upgrade the machine to a configuration suitable to Linux or xBSD may be enough to make the user throw in the towel and stick with Windows or OS/2, which are both capable of running on quite a bit of the funky hardware out there. I have two things to say: Windows 95; Windows NT. Sure, if you want to stay with one release of OS/2 or Windows 3.1 for the rest of your life, you don't need to upgrade. But, even Windows users need to upgrade if they're going to keep up with modern developments. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532 NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -