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From: "Tom Martyn" <martyn@readymetal.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD vs. Linux
Date: 10 Jul 1997 13:14:51 GMT
Organization: Ready Metal Manufacturing Company
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I recently set up a FreeBSD system and liked what I got.  However it seems
to me that there is a lot more usage, compatability and software out there
for linux.  Any recommendations as to which I should use?  Is one better
than the other for certain tasks?

thanks