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From: uk1o@rzstud2.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Felix Schroeter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Freebsd or Slackware Linux ?
Date: 13 Feb 1997 16:01:27 +0100
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
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Hello!

In article <3301CCF9.548@cleveland.freenet.edu>,
j.s.t <Stops@Automated.Mail.Replies> wrote:
>[...]

>On the other hand LINUX is a Great workstation platform,
>with much more flexibility in the H/W platform support area.

I'm not disappointed about *BSD's hardware support. It runs on
every 'standard' PC (i.e. if you don't use *rather* exotic hardware).

>BTW-- if you want to learn UNIX then you go with FreeBSD.
>Why? Simple it is a BSD4.4 port. BSD ports include IBM-AIX
>DEC-ULTRIX, as well as HP and DG's UNIX platforms... fairly
>good company I'd say ( Sorry but SUN, if needed, is AT&T I
>think ;-)).

I don't know about DG/UX, but HP-UX is a System V.

And AIX? That seems to be its own thing :-)

And if you want to learn about System V, Linux is *a bit* nearer to that
than the free BSD's.

Regards, Felix.