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Re: Linux

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From: Max Cray
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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From: max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: wixer.general,austin.public-net
Subject: Re: Linux
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 93 04:26:52 CST
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