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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:45:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Nathan Ferris <nferris@spider.innercite.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD v Linux
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970121114352.24610J-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701210400.UAA11087@spider.innercite.com>

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On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Nathan Ferris wrote:

> 	I'm running windows95 on a 486 machine. I would like to partition my hard
> drive and run Win95 and Linux (Debian) or FreeBSD simultaneously. I think
> that I have the partitioning thing about down, but I can't decide whether I
> should go in for Linux or FreeBSD. Are there any major differences? From
> the info given out in both web sites it seems as though they are pretty
> much the same. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

They are quite different in philosophy and design.  

I would suggest checking out the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org.
Many such discussions have gone on; perhaps one of those can give you some
insight.  

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




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