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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.icix.net!news.gate.net!news From: ~ <Beavischrist@beavisandbutthead.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: linux or freebsd Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:13:16 +0000 Organization: leave me alone Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3297850C.62B4@beavisandbutthead.com> Reply-To: Beavischrist@beavisandbutthead.com NNTP-Posting-Host: stpfl1-41.gate.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) ok, im on windows 95 now, but i feel like i want to try someting new... for purposes of productivity and fun.if i sound ignorant about this its becauuse i am.i only ran unix a few times before. this is what i have gathered. both os's are unix clones. i can run unix stuff in both os's. linux seems to be more popular. freebsd is smaller. they are both free! sooooooooo, anyone have any ideas? tips or hints about what i should use? and does anyone know the differnces between slackware, redhat etc.. versions of linux. please send me some email so i dont make the wrong choice, btw this isn not a fake email address, its a forwarding address, it wil get to me. so far im leaned in the freebsd direction because its got such a cool logo, lol