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#! rnews 1882 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!colloquium.co.uk!usenet From: "C_MCKINNON" <C_MCKINNON@colloquium.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 17 Mar 1997 16:40:19 GMT Organization: Colloquium Lines: 21 Message-ID: <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: headroom-14.colloquium.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19162 comp.os.linux.misc:164989 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37232 The linux kernel is smaller (faster?) & more widely used. I wouldn't recommend that you download it - there are plenty of people selling it on CD-ROM for a LOT less than it would cost in air time. In addition you'll often get packages to run such as Web browsers/servers, editors etc. Alex <wgd@adelaide.on.net> wrote in article <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net>... > I am interested in downloading a free Unix operating system such as > Linux or FreeBSD. I have Windows 95 installed as the main OS on a > Pentium and wanted to put a Unix OS on a seperate partition. What are > the pros and cons of these two operating systems and/or any other free > Unix ones? <snip><snip> > http://www.users.on.net/wgd/ecring/index.html > > Webmaster of TOUECCANS - > The Obviously Unbelieveable Eye-Candy Collection > (Amazingly Nice Software) > http://www.users.on.net/wgd/toueccans/index.html >