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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!mindspring!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!katbert.ipa.net!keyhole.west.spy.net!bleu.west.spy.net!dustin From: dustin@bleu.west.spy.net. (Dustin Sallings) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 20 Jan 1997 00:27:41 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5bue5t$2bn@keyhole.west.spy.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32E2A49F.60A9C4F2@yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bleu.west.spy.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:153709 comp.os.linux.networking:65826 comp.os.linux.setup:93461 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5683 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1973 > FreeBSD (2.1.6) has more of the unix feel but I really haven't played > with it long enough yet to give an educated response. Suffice it to > say, make sure you can put aside a lot of time to install and have > nothing else on the machine. This may seem like unfair criticism but I > am not a complete dummy and it was a battle for me. I couldn't imagine an installer being much easier than that of FreeBSD. It would have to have some sort of mind reading bot that probed the world for potential users and did the installation while they were asleep to be any easier. I usually recommend FreeBSD to people who are wanting to get into Unix, NetBSD to people who know Unix and need something to run on whatever spare computer they may happen to have lying around. Net's install is a lot more fun. -- IPA.net Sysadmin My girlfriend asked me which one I like better. pub 1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> | Key fingerprint = 87 02 57 08 02 D0 DA D6 C8 0F 3E 65 51 98 D8 BE L_______________________ I hope the answer won't upset her. ____________