Re: Newbie looking for a UNIX

From: Simon Barner (barner_at_in.tum.de)
Date: 11/16/03


Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:19:45 +0100


> I started out this with th
> intention of asking people to recommend a free(has to be all free
> software, none of your RedHat here) UNIX which can run most free UNIX
> software(read: all free software which runs on gnu/linux, I believe
> NetBSD is quite good at that?).

The standard answer to this question is: Have a try and decide on your
own. If you ask for recommendations in an excessive X-post, they will
usually look like this:

Since you are asking in the $OS group, we recommend $OS to you, since
it has the following advantages:

#include <advantages_$OS.h>

Simon



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