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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:31:35 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        William S Rickards III <wrickard@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux Vs. FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217222932.3955D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <349869F8.A364C09C@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>

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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, William S Rickards III wrote:

> I have the Linux Slackware version 3.0 installation disks 
> downloaded onto my PC.  I heard about FreeBSD and was wondering
> what were the differences?  
> I searched the web page for information... some sort of comparison, 
> but was unable to find such an item.
> 
> I am an undergraduate computer science major at Temple University...
> I work mostly on Digital Unix and SunOS...
> I don't know the differences between different versions of UNIX...
> I just know I have to change the syntax for some commands when 
> on different servers.
Stock answer (which everyone on the list is probably sick of by now):
http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm
It has emails polled from countless discussions of FreeBSD vs. Linux, as
well as a few FreeOS's vs. MS, Free vs. Open vs NetBSD, and others.

> later
> will

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