From: cosmos@yabbs
To: Case@yabbs
Subject: re: Which *nix?
Date: Mon May  9 10:54:05 1994

Here we go...draw the battle lines....its a religous flame war waiting to 
happen...;)

Seriously, there really is not one "better" or "best" UNIX out there.  It
all depends on your taste and preference.  Also, what you want to do has
alot to do with what version/flavor UNIX you should use.

Linux....not a bad flavor at all.  Highly supported by its users and has 
plenty of add on features and all the standards of a sysv type unix.  
Problems:  It caters to the low end market...ie, people who come from a 
non UNIX background like dos.  ITs install is painlessly easy but they 
bundle everything under the sun with the kernel and all the utilities.  
Most of the time, I have spent stripping the not needed crap out of my 
kernel when I use it.

FreeBSD:  VERY solid, excellent PC unix.  Ask HT about it as well.  ITs 
about the same, not as much user support(ie, there arnt hundreds of kid 
son IRC to help you out), but the newsgroups and mailing lists take care 
of 98% of the problems you may encounter.  It is not intended for the rank 
novice though ;)  Its install is easy if you can read and follow 
directions but there is no nice menu system or other stuff.  It has about 
the same number of utilities etc...but they are not included in the base 
install...you need to get them from the ports and packages directorys.

To get either....FTP to:  Linux ---> sunsite.unc.edu
                          FreeBSD ---> freebsd.cdrom.com

Have fun.

Cosmos