Re: [Qn] System Setup, & What Linux ??

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From: Raoul Golan
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s913631@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Darren James Reed) writes:

>s931537@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (BIGGLES _pilot_) writes:


>>Any suggestion on which Linux I should buy ? I'd prefer those with good
>>documentation & lots of Xwindows programs.

>The quick answer: 0MB for Linux and use the entire HD for NetBSD.

>You can use X11R6 with NetBSD, and now that NetBSD is using shared libs,
>you can fit it in around 200MB with room to move (NetBSD is a much more
>complete distribution than Linux and actually works, besides being far
>superior in many aspects).

Why?  I'm running Linux, and it works.  XFree also works fine on it.
I don't particularly want to defend Linux against NetBSD (a product I'm not 
familiar with), but what exactly does NetBSD have that Linux doesn't?  


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