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From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com>
To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
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Subject: RE: Contributing to FreeBSD (was: userland firewall ?)
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:49:59 -0700
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> > 2. Not meaning to start a Linux vs. FreeBSD war, but why is the Linux
> > install base growing so much faster than FreeBSD, when in my
> opinion (and
> > many others I have spoken to), FreeBSD seems to be a faster,
> more stable OS?
>
> I'd cite two causes, but others will certainly disagree. First, the
> AT&T lawsuit that could potentially have prevented BSD from becoming
> an open source system, which slowed the initial acceptance of
> BSD. Second, that Linux has many different distributions, meaning that
> you can probably find one that is exactly what you want (I even found
> one that looked like a Unix system). In particular, there are lots of
> distributions that install a system that to me feels like Windows.
> That makes it a popular option on the desktop, which influences the
> choice on the server.
>
> 	<mike
> --
> Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>

I must admit, though, that Linux is a little bit easier (friendlier) to
install for the non-unix hackers. That may have a lot do to with it. Maybe
we, the FBSD community, can learn a little from that.

Kory


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