Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 09:07:26 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: James Love <love@cptech.org> Cc: questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980411090306.256I-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <352F6D78.21D6FF00@cptech.org>
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Great! If you have any questions, post them to me or the list, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. John On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, James Love wrote: > Someone just sent me a Walnut Creek version of FreeBSD, which I'm going > to install on a multiple boot machine at home, and check it out! jamie > > John Kenagy wrote: > > > Mr. Love, > > > > I appreciate your work and the lifelong efforts of Mr. Nader. > > > > However, there are other, and in my opinion, better options than > > Linux. I use FreeBSD (www.FreeBSD.org), a decendant of the Berkeley > > Unix. > > > > I beleive it to be more stable than Linux since Linux suffers from > > one of Microsoft's major flaws: trying to be everything to all. > > Linux also relies on development to come from several directions. > > Not a good thing - especially on a system you may make your living > > with. > > > > FreeBSD has a dedicated development team and a large group of > > volunteers who man the mailing lists, responding in their areas of > > expertise. > > > > The best news is that it is free. Or yu can purchase it from > > several major book chains for less than a Windows upgrade, with > > an excellent book by Greg Lehey , "The Complete FreeBSD". > > > > If you have questions, let us know! > > > > Keep up the good work, > > > > John Kenagy > > Austin, Texas > > > > -- > James Love > Consumer Project on Technology > P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 > love@cptech.org | http://www.cptech.org > voice 202.387.8030, fax 202.234.5176 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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