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From: ngodbey@sunshine.ps.atl.sita.int (Nick Godbey)
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: 06 Dec 1995 22:48:49 GMT
Organization: SITA
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In article <49pklb$iql@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> lotu@wam.umd.edu (Arcadio Alivio Sincero) writes:
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.
I install Linux on my home PC with no problems. It is not so much Linux that you
must overcome as it is all the different PC hardware that exist!
Nick
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