EO>  > Here is his take on it.
EO>  > FreeBSD is a "professional" OS, with lots of commercial
EO>  > support, IE: you can
EO>  > buy service contracts to have someone do your UNIX support..
EO>
EO> So BSD would be good if you might need serious help with it?
That's my understanding, understand that what I'm saying is 2nt. hand info.
EO>  > RedHat Linux is packaged in a way that makes is easier for
EO>  > beginners to learn.
EO>  > Slackware Linux is a "gurus'" OS, with lots of bells and
EO>  > whistles for the
EO>  > experianced hacker..
EO>
EO> That's what I heard..  But still, I've heard that BSD is faster and more
EO> stable than Linux.  Do you know if that's true?
I have no idea..  You might want to check in at the LINUX echo and ask there.
EO>  > My son runs Win/95 and Redhat on his system at College, and
EO>  > we run Slackware
EO>  > on my website/ftpsite.
EO>  > I personally run OS/2 Warp 3 connect, and am about to upgrade
EO>  > to Warp 4.
EO>
EO> I have Warp 4.  I like it..  Before I had just Warp 3 red (not Connect).
EO> I
EO> found that Warp 4 was faster and more stable on my system, and it has 
ome
EO>
EO> neat stuff, too.  I just wish there was more software for it..  One good
EO> thing, though, is that there is something coming out that will be able to
EO> convert Win32/95/NT programs to OS/2 native (via Open32).  It will 
equire
EO> you
EO> to have Warp 4, but it looks good..  They've already been able to convert
EO> stuff like Quake and a few commercial word-processor apps..
I'm looking forward to that. Should be interesting.
WD
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