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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsrelay.netins.net!usenet.cat.pdx.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!news.efn.org!usenet From: David Welton <davidw@efn.org> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 27 Mar 1997 15:31:20 -0800 Organization: Oregon Public Networking Lines: 35 Sender: davidw@chimchim Message-ID: <87g1xgud2v.fsf@efn.org> References: <5hcbac$r22@news.gvsu.edu> <333cddd8.1017100@news.sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dynip43.efn.org X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19506 comp.os.linux.misc:166925 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37976 lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) writes: > > >1. Allow remote command-shell logins. > >2. Completely interact with programs running remotely (this includes > > windowing applications.) > > But all these are too slow to be useful if ur on a 14.4 or 28.8. On a 28.8? Nope, I've done remote X stuff with it once or twice. Not fast, but quite usable. Rlogin and telnet on the other hand, are quite fast. > >7. Stay up for REALLY long periods of time and not be any worse for it. > > So can NT. Ummm I'd put my money on Linux. > >8. People running UNIX aren't at the mercy of Microsoft. Chances are if > > something needs to be changed with the O/S, some independent programmer > > will do it. > > WinNT an 95 aren't at ms's mercy. And if u want to change the OS, you > can. What's there to stop you? The fact that the source code is not available? When is the last time you recompiled your windoze kernel?:-) Ciao, -- David Welton davidw@efn.org davidw@freenet.hut.fi http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Linuxista--