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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!usenet From: Michael White <mdwhite@ucdavis.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs. BSD Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:02:22 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 19 Message-ID: <31F30B5E.41C6@ucdavis.edu> References: <1138135410@anorak.coverform.lan> <837926218@f401.n711.z3.ftn> NNTP-Posting-Host: halfdome.engr.ucdavis.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP20) One advantage BSD currently has over Linux is porting applications (by that I mean the ports collection) and ease of upgrades. I think both of these are handled very well with FreeBSD. I don't remember seeing this in previous posts on this subject. This is just my humble opinion though; not all may care (or even agree). -- - Mike ======================================================================== | | | _ | Michael D. White _______|/V\|_______ University of California, Davis X------------[_\(.)/_]------------X Dept. of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering /o`~|~`o\ white@halfdome.engr.ucdavis.edu O H O http://www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~mdwhite http://www-mae.engr.ucdavis.edu/CFD/white ========================================================================