From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 14 21:27:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA03745 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.186.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA03740 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA00770; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:27:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:27:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: petrov@rice.edu cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux In-Reply-To: <33CA89C1.5D8C@mail.arc.nasa.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Sam Carter wrote: > I have an x86 box running Win95 and I want to dual boot into a Unix > flavor. What are the chief differences between FreeBSD and Linux? I > just looked through the FreeBSD faq, but couldn't find anything > comparing the two. Primarily: 1 standard distribution. 1000+ preported (and in many cases precompiled) programs ready for your use. This great mailing list for support :) Lots more, see http://www.freebsd.org. Try searching the mail archives. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo