From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: What NOT To POST Here!! Date: 6 Apr 1993 20:20:27 GMT
In article <1993Apr3.121931.300@marsu.tynet.sub.org> root@marsu.tynet.sub.org (Markus Wenzel) writes:
>kranz@cs.tulane.edu (Barry Kranz) writes:
>
>>4. NO POSTINGS CONCERNING THE VALIDITY OF LINUX!!!
>> this means no postings like (Why is Linux better then BSD?, WHAT SHOULD
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I cannot agree with that. Linux and BSD are the two most popular
>free Unix systems for PCs, so why shouldn't it be interesting to
>discuss pros and cons of each? If anyone asked me "I want install
>Unix on my PC. Which shall I take?", I would like to have some
>information to argue.
Unfortunately, discussions that have to do with the relative merits of
both systems usually turn into flame wars and hence become a big waste of
bandwidth. Also, there are only a relatively small number of people that
actively use both systems, and would thus be in a position to fairly compare
the two. There are quite a few people who may have tried the "other" system
some time ago, so their info may be somewhat dated, and not quite as relevant.
I personally have never used 386bsd (well, I booted the tinyBSD disk
once, but that doesn't count), but I know that there are some people who are
quite satisfied, so it obviously is fairly decent. Similarily, I know a lot of
people who are quite satisfied with linux, and they (and I) feel that linux is
really great. Each system has it's strengths and weaknesses (which change over
time, btw), so the only really fair way for you to obtain a comparison of both
systems is to try both of them yourself. I realize that this may not be very
helpful, but it is the probably the only response that does not lead to an
instant flamewar.
Of course, if you have a local guru who may be able to help you get
going, then it may be easier if you run the same thing that the guru is
running :-).
-Eric
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