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From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
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	"Louis-Philippe Groulx" <dark_matrix41@yahoo.ca>,
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:01:34 -0500, Steve Brown wrote:

>
>> easy to learn between: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, QNX
>> or Linux.
>
>I was determined to find an alternative to Windows98 and as such I tried all 
>of these. I settled on FreeBSD because:
>
>- it runs on my machine and I was able to configure -all- my hardware
>- I found the doc's at freebsd.org far & away better than anyone else's
>- To me it's got the best balance between ease-of-use<=>power
>
>OpenBSD won't boot my machine properly. NetBSD is more sparse than FreeBSD 
>but it runs on just about anything. Of the linux's I like Debian & Slackware 
>(couldn't get any of the others to install) but they're complex compared to 
>the *BSD's. Linux has better support for more weird hardware than the *BSD's. 
>QNX froze my machine repeatedly, just like Windows; something I've never seen 
>FreeBSD or Linux do.

I used slackware about 5 years ago, and I thought i'd rather have a
root canal then install it again.. I dont know if it's changed since
though.  i went to freebsd, and everything installed easy/quick

---
doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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