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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!news.he.net!news.rain.net!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: Rick Noelle <rick@akirapc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 19:19:10 -0700 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 21 Sender: -yp- @202.248.42.100 Message-ID: <3397739E.6857@akirapc.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970603080205.7978A-100000@saserver.sa.bom.gov.au> Reply-To: rick@akirapc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.248.42.100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42428 Walnut Creek CD-ROM http://www.cdrom.com Just got my 2.2.1 in the mail today! Subscription is only $30 and they'll ship to Australia. I live in Japan. Shipping was only $9. BTW, I'm switching from Linux to FreeBSD. Don't ask me why, just feel the urge. Plus a well respected friend is a big BSD advocate. Rick Roelof E. Hoebee wrote: > > Hi All > > Am considering either a FreeBSD or Linux installation on an "old" PC, and > would like some ideas on what FreeBSD offers that Linux does not. I would > not rate myself as a computing genius, but enjoying "toying" around with > PCs/OSs, so I'm not afraid to get fingers greasy. Would however, like to > maintain a GUI, and gather FreeBSD has an X-Window setup available. > > Most important, is where I can get an installation kit(?).