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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.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!206.13.28.13!news.pbi.net!news5.crl.com!nexp.crl.com!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: FreeBSD general questions. Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 07:07:37 -0800 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 20 Message-ID: <330C68B9.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> References: <01bc1ec9$c8b69540$0f02000a@mja1.parnet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-970215-GAMMA0 i386) CC: aaltom@parnet.fi Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35906 Mikael Aalto wrote: > What is the main difference betwen Linux and BSD ? > How hard may it be for an Linux user to completely start using BSD ? > What type of release packages are there available on the net (ex. > Slackware96 for Linux) ? > How stable is BSD compared to Linux ? > Is there any good CD-rom releases worth of buying ? > Where do I find the best applications on the net ? > What do I need to download from the net to get a complete installation ? I think that all of your questions (and a good bit more) are answered at: http://www.freebsd.org Thanks! -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.