Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 14:03:00 PDT From: Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM> To: Submit to FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <3038F4C2@smtp>
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Why FreeBSD instead of LINUX? Major reasons: FreeBSD is cleaner. There are fewer revisions / patch numbers. The built-in drivers support my hardware. I feel more confident that the 'features' of FreeBSD are not bugs. FreeBSD's heritage means that there are going to be lots of manuals sitting around, that are close to being right. And chances are, you can borrow them. FreeBSD is not a hackfest, it just works. As a native speaker of English, FreeBSD is easier to read than LINUX. The FreeBSD team seems to value 'works great' more than 'Ohh Coool'. Professional UNIX people tend to be more interested in helping with a BSD dirivative, than a strange unknown from Finland. There are fewer people turning out CDs, so there is less confusion about versions. NO LILO! Trivial reasons: It has a cooler logo. No one argues about how to pronounce it. The install process looks better. I can manipulate the install files, ie bin.aa, with my dos tools. (Pkzip for dos.) The 2.0.5 comes with an almost pre-setup httpd. (A webserver in other words.) robert.clark@pii.com
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