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From: Max Cray
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1993 10:26
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1993 10:26
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rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo) writes:
> max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray) writes:
> >
> >Is there a slip driver for Linux, yet? Does anyone around here use
> >386BSD? The free one?
>
> a) yes, but it sucks -- 'term' is much better for most applications,
> in that it's faster and doesn't require kernel hackery to work. SL/IP
> is at the end of its life cycle, anyhow.
>
> b) 386bsd is cool. It took up too much disk when I tried it, but
> it at least functions. I prefer Linux, in that Linux is mostly
> POSIX compliant.
How about a ppp driver for Linux then? I am not familiar with term. Can
you tell me more about it?
I have heard that Linux is great except for weak networking support,
otherwise I would probably use it.
-= Max =-
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