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>Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I
>should use Linux over BSD?
No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating
a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it certainly paid
off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able to say "OS/2?
Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the mistake of
putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the name, and is
scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too technical.
(Linus Torvalds' follow-up to a question about Linux)