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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:11:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 diamond@mary.fordham.edu wrote:

> I am some familiarity with Linux and would like to know how FreeBSD
> differs from Linux.  I understand that Linux is not fully supported, and
> that it is more of a "Hacker's Project" where, although a version is
> released, it may not be fully debugged and may require tinkering.

Take a look at the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html and
look for `FreeBSD vs. Linux' in the -questions list.

Should be enough there to tide you over. :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major