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From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Re: 386BSD or LINUX?
Message-ID: <1992Nov5.221949.9340@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
References: <Nov.2.20.33.38.1992.18690@remus.rutgers.edu> <1992Nov4.201721.1036@gulasch.hanse.de>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:19:49 GMT
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In article <1992Nov4.201721.1036@gulasch.hanse.de> elmar@gulasch.hanse.de (Elmar Folba) writes:
>In article <Nov.2.20.33.38.1992.18690@remus.rutgers.edu> glenw@remus.rutgers.edu (Glenn Wasserman) writes:
>>As the subject heading says, which is it? Which is the better,more
>>supported operating system (I know I'm going to get a lot on this
>>one!)
>>...
>Not necessarily. Who, do you think, has significant and comparable experience
>with both systems?
>And: what is 'better'? Better suited to which purpose?
>

I've used both systems.  I switched to 386BSD because it had better
networking facilities and supported my NE2000 clone.  When Linux
networking improves, I'll probably put it back on one of my systems.

-- 
Jim H.
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* James L. Henrickson  |  "I don't need a signature, I need a job!"
* ujlh@sunyit.edu      |  BSCS, December 1992