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From: David Zakai <zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Linux versus FreeBSD
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:01:02 -0400
Organization: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
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I have experience with only MS-DOS, Win 3.x and Netware in the PC
environment.

I hope to begin using a UNIX-type OS and am looking for something
inexpensive.  Are there more versions than Linux and FreeBSD that
would occupy this niche?

Would some FreeBSD users offer reasons why you have chosen this
OS over Linux?

From my brief perusal of the Walnut Creek site <http://www.cdrom.com>
it appears that both FreeBSD and Linux support laptop computers,
PC Card, SCSI peripherals (NEC MultiSpin 3Xp CD-ROM drive,
Iomega JAZ drive), which are important to me.

I am also interested in the kind of support that a novice can get,
availability of books in the popular press, etc.

I have seen a lot about Linux, but not as much about FreeBSD.

TIA.

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David Zakai
zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu