Linux???? is it real

From: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Mon Jan 5 07:24:11 1998

Hi all!

> >PS: Sheesh the FreeBSD people are always jumping around saying, "Can't
> >get Linux to work? Try FreeBSD!"
> >
Arg...that kinda hurts. :)

> >Linux only has a few stable kernels and Slackware uses them.
>
Multiple BSD's left me w/ my head spinning....awk! Snip! that's
better.

> they all run the same kernal and to a great extent the same software.
Yes to a point, Redhat uses RPM to assist installation, others
(mostly) uses standard slackware installation/setup format.
I'm not sure if redhat makes of the s/w from other places other than
redhat especially with that installation or loading them onto hd.
 
Good info... snip!

> Realistically the two are basically the same, on the topic of documentation
> is about the only real difference. You can find a ton of books specific to
> Linux, as far as I know the only BSD 4.4 specific books are the Berkley
> docs that Linux printed.
>
> I find OpenBSD of intrest because it's purpose is to be multiplatform,
> however, I think the total USENET traffic for it is less than
> comp.os.linux.announce
>
> I've got to agree with the comment that Linux is great for running
> emulators. I'm still looking for a PDP-11 of my own, but in the mean time
> I can play with the PDP-11 emulator under Linux and run stuff like RT-11 or
> Version 5 UNIX.
>
> Zane
 
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