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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news1.best.com!idiom.com!not-for-mail From: jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) Newsgroups: comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: ( FreeBSD > root < Linux ) > /dev/flame Date: 16 Apr 1997 07:18:38 -0700 Organization: JSI Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5j2n3u$54p@idiom.com> References: <33513993.167EB0E7@sarenet.es> <5iruhb$rde@idiom.com> <slrn5l673t.4k.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: idiom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.advocacy:38957 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39158 comp.os.linux.advocacy:93104 comp.os.linux.misc:170084 > >> I'm a bit tired of seeing endless and worthless flame wars about > >> which OS is better: FreeBSD or Linux. > > > >I have a good idea: do subscriptions to both Linux and FreeBSD, > >until you figure out which one you like better. > > I've just set up NetBSD, myself, after having run Linux for a bit under > two years. Not better, not worse - just different. I'd of tried NetBSD, but it doesn't support the IDE junk that came with my PC, which I had the mistake of selecting from a chain store, not knowing my devices. > At home: Linux, AIX, Minix, BSD. Most of it on third hand hardware, > abandoned because it won't run W95. "Here, take it! It's no use > to me!" Silly buggers ;) > > There'll be no unix-vs-unix flames from this house! > They _all_ beat the pants off of W95/3.X/NT. Ah, but AIX and Digital Unix don't come with source; if I go to the Digital Alphas, that leaves me with Linux or NetBSD. > Well, okay, Minix isn't exactly "power", but it isn't meant to be, > and I've seen nothing else make complete use of the i286 the way it does. It goes into 286 protected mode, I guess? The real mode is just no good.