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Subject: Re: vs. Linux
In-Reply-To: <337520D5.3F67@frontiernet.net> from Jeremy & Beth at "May 10, 97 09:28:53 pm"
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> I'm currently a CS student and we've been using the Sun System V OS. My
> quick question is - what would be the closest match to System V,
> Slackware Linux or FreeBSD?  Is there a difference in the applications?
> or is it just a matter of the kernel?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> jeremy
> 
I'm uncertain what sorts of things you would be trying to do, but if
your school has a program like mine, you probably write lots of C++
programs.  If this is the case, I suspect that either Linux or
FreeBSD could be a good choice for you.  I personally have had more
experience with FreeBSD (which I like because of the excellent
support) whereas Linux is a little less centralized.  If it helps you
decide, I've used FreeBSD to write programs in C, C++, and Scheme
that all had to run on Sun System V to turn them in.