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Re: If you don't know RH or Slack - try ... FreeBSD :{)



Hello,
	My name is Andre Vidocq. My E-Mail is vidocq@gbtech.net. I don't know
why I am intercepting this note. It must be some hacker link me to your
distribution list. Please check it and cut me out from the list. 
Thanks.

Andre Vidocq
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Alexander Indenbaum wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Meir Litmanovich wrote:
> 
> > > Of course, it's not a sin to consider getting FreeBSD instead of Linux.
> > > FreeBSD doesn't usually have the latest drivers or software like Linux,
> > > but its networking performance is better. In addition, FreeBSD's
> > > documentation, online help, and organization are unparalleled by any Linux
> > > distribution.
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Beggining of flame war ? So .let's rock .
> 
> First of all I saw it as a joke and not as a flame.
> I do not really understand why am I getting flamed both from *BSD
> and Linux side. I use tham both, and I find both very atractive.
> Try FreeBSD and you might love it. Especially as network server.
> If I were chose desktop OS I'd go for Linux.
> 
> > Why, do you think BSD have Linux
> > emulator and Linux don't have Free LSD emulator ?
> 
> Well, from the same reason Linux has DOS/MS Windows/SCO emulator.
> It meens that Linux is more popular. But if we were using popular
> we would be Bill Gates friends were we?
> 
> > Why Linux works right
> > now on MIPS, SPARC,ALPHA and x86 and FREE bsd  only on x86 ?
> 
> *BSD run on every platform I can ever imagine.
> NetBSD runs on: i386, DEC Alpha, Amiga, Atari, HP300, mac68k, mvme68k,
>        pc532, Pmax, sparc, sun3, and x68k.
> FreeBSD is just a i386 port of 'popular, state of art 4.4 BSD'
> Linus himself claimed a couple of years ago that he doubt that
> Linux can be ported to other than i386 platform because of Linux kernlel
> heavy usage in i386 specific features. Well, but miracle happend :{)
> 
> > Also ,as far ,as I know, with Alan Cox new patches networking stuff
> > in 2.0.30 not far from BSD'ish .
> 
> Well, as I already wrote, those pathes was advised by FreeBSD
> guy. FreeBSD is better from the networking point of view, there
> is no argument about it. After all TCP/IP came from *BSD, and
> everyone, including mr. Gates using it.
> 
> And if we already arguing about 'what better', try to be a little
> bit more open minded and try FreeBSD. I might even love it. You
> do not even need to buy a CD. Just download boot.flp and use
> ftp/ppp or ethernet installation. It is very easy.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
> ftp://ftp.il.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
> 
> >
> > Meir
> >
> >
> 
>   Alexander Indenbaum
>   baum@actcom.co.il
>


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