From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 11:28:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA15597 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (longstreet.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.25.82]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA15587 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from branson@localhost) by longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (8.6.11/8.6.11) id OAA23964 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 May 1996 14:31:24 -0400 From: Branson Matheson Message-Id: <199605211831.OAA23964@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:31:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <199605202322.QAA28909@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at May 20, 96 04:22:17 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > (1)Could you describe the major differences between BSD and Linux? In > > what ways is each operating system better? > > It is shorter to New York than by bus. > > > (2) Is BSD easier to install than > > Linux? -- I have trouble installing Linux. > > What's the difference between a duck? > > > (3)Will software for Linux run on BSD and vice versa? > > Yes and no, respectively (finally, a sequitur). Humorous answers aside ;-) would it not be a good thing to put a comprehensive answer in the FAQ off of the web page? I think that it will solve lots repeated questions like " Linux vs. FreeBSD " and " I have blah foobar card.. will it run? ". Mabey even a more direct route? -branson -- ======================================================================== branson matheson | branson@widomaker.com Ferguson SysAdmin | http://widomaker.com/~branson