Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 19:47:36 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: llanes@technologist.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD over Linux? Message-ID: <199708120047.TAA08766@nexgen.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Albert Llanes <llanes@technologist.com> of "Mon, 11 Aug 1997 02:02:40 EDT." <33EEAB00.564C@technologist.com>
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llanes@technologist.com asks: > > Why should I use FreeBSD over Linux? Because you like little red daemon plushies better than penguin plushies? :-) Or because you appreciate the maturity and tradition of *BSD Un*x, where you don't have to buy books with Linux in the title just to figure how how it differs from the OS described in books discussing Unix. > Which was first, FreeBSD or Linux? *BSD. > Why did the second exist, doesn't it dilute the concept? Because Linus wanted to play with kernels. NetBSD and OpenBSD (and probably others) *also* wanted to do something different. Does availability of both Hondas and Toyotas dilute the Automotive Concept? :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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