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Cc: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro
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>> AFAIK it just depends of software installed, and it can be both..
>
> Yup.   That be the case.
> I think the poster just meant that FreeBSD tends to get software

FreeBSD DOES NOT TEND to install anything more than a base system, doesn't 
start any services than minimum too.

everything else is up to user, which i OK

that's all. FreeBSD is just an operating system. and fortunately nothing 
more.