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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD - have an faq
Date: 14 Jul 1996 09:12:47 GMT
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nadeem@yorku.ca wrote:

> i did not even start to read this newsgroup until i posted my question
> i had no idea this was an oft discussed topic.

That's the problem of many people.  You should really first start to
read a group before posting.

> if this is usch an FAQ, then perhaps an FAQ should be compiled about
> the 2 systems, giving different opinions, and next time a newcomer
> like me asks such a question, s/he can be redirected to the FAQ.

That's basically impossible.  You won't be able to come up with
something people will agree to.  That's due to the very dynamic nature
how all these systems evolve.  If you write today that ``FooZoolix
doesn't support The Great Mamboo wizzbang drives.'', this will already
be wrong tomorrow.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)