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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:59:36 +0200
From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD or LINUX??? - Which one should I choose?
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On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 at 12:22 SAT, jan.brolund@sida.se wrote:
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>      Hej, (to anybody who is kind enough to help me to choose between 
>      FreeBSD and Linux!)

My usual summary:

Linux is a PC OS that happens to be UNIX-ish.
FreeBSD is (BSD) UNIX that happens to run on PCs.

(I'm sure others will reply in more detail.  ;-)

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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