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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 04:15:45 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Larry Dallmann <larrydallmann@worldnet.att.net>

Larry Dallmann wrote:
> The LINUX vs freeBSD fora seem to be HINTING as follows;

Aside from any peculiarities your personal setup may suffer from, I
don't think that either OS will have much trouble working on your
machine (including the floppy tape drive).  You will need to buy a
commercial X server for that Matrox card (see http://www.xinside.com)
regardless of which OS you choose.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project