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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Curious...
Date: 10 Jul 1997 15:51:29 -0700
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:In article <5q3ah2$jk7$1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
:John Hong <jhong@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
:> This will certainly be a silly question but... Is FreeBSD any
:>good? It does seem easier to install than Linux as there is the only one
:>boot disk and no root disk to mess with. But what other advantages are
:>there for FreeBSD? Better, faster, etc. than Linux?
From a newbie's point of view, the two will be about the same.
From an expert's point of view, there are all sorts of differences that
make one better then the other for various tasks and situations.
-Matt