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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.238.120.21!jump.net!news From: Curt Finch <curt@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Freebsd or Slackware Linux ? Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:36:06 -0600 Organization: Jump Point Communications, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <32FF86B6.2781E494@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> References: <32fd0363.41392688@news> NNTP-Posting-Host: pnk.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: Randy Shepherd <randys@dowco.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35445 Randy Shepherd wrote: > > Hi I could ues some help on which one to use and why. My reason for > looking is that I want to learn unix. I have looked at both and sort > of lean to BSD. I have 486dx 66 8meg ram 200 meg hd > > Thanks for any help. > Randy. > > p.s. when do you expect 2..1.7. ?????? linux is much more in use out there, you can verify by searching on dejanews for 'freebsd netbsd linux' to compare number of hits even so, freebsd is better. it's a real unix. linux is kind of a hacked together thing from what i hear. -- _______________________________________________________________________ | Curt Finch Phoenix Net-Tek LLC curt@pnk.com 512-795-0709 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------