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From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org>
To: Jeremy & Beth <jnbbend@frontiernet.net>
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Subject: Re: vs. Linux
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, Jeremy & Beth wrote:

> I'm currently a CS student and we've been using the Sun System V OS. My
> quick question is - what would be the closest match to System V,
> Slackware Linux or FreeBSD?  Is there a difference in the applications?
> or is it just a matter of the kernel?
Linux is more SysV flavored, whereas FreeBSD is (surprise!) more BSD
flavored.
Mostly, the flavor is a matter of the kernel and the base binarys in the
distribution; the switches and names of commands, organization of the
manpages, etc.
Of course, there's been a large number of raging debates about the
relative abilities of FreeBSD and Linux, and there has been a debate
forever as to SysV vs. BSD.
You COULD just learn BSD (which is better) .......   ;)


> 
> Thanks in advance,
> jeremy
> 


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