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Date:      Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:06:58 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Mr. K." <bsd@inbox.org>
To:        Delmir Fernandes <delmir@enteract.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Not enough information
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000105165841.24564A-100000@inbox.org>
In-Reply-To: <000801bf57c8$474e1b00$0200a8c0@enteract.com>

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> I am a new Linux user and always listen to others saying that FreeBSD
is better and faster plus many large and well-known companies use
FreeBSD. If that is so... Why is Linux so much more popular? Why does not
exist enough (if any) documentation on FreeBSD? How can FreeBSD be so
much poor? 

Personally I consider Linux better for home desktop use, and FreeBSD
better for server use.  The drivers come out much faster for Linux,
with much more support.  This would explain why linux is more popular
(there are more home users than server farmers).  I also consider Windows
better than Linux and FreeBSD for home desktop use (donning my flame
retardant suit).  When I'm at home, I like to watch DVDs.  I don't
want to dual boot, and I don't want to wait around a year for someone
to reverse engineer a DVD decryptor.  Driver support is better for
Windows than for FreeBSD and Linux combined.  That would explain why
Windows is way more popular than both of them, and will continue to be.

Is FreeBSD better?  Yes, for some things.  Is Windows?  Yes, for other
things.  Is Linux?  Well, maybe, but not for anything I want to do :).



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