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From: Steve Brown <freebsd@prayforwind.com>
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> easy to learn between: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, QNX
> or Linux.

I was determined to find an alternative to Windows98 and as such I tried all 
of these. I settled on FreeBSD because:

- it runs on my machine and I was able to configure -all- my hardware
- I found the doc's at freebsd.org far & away better than anyone else's
- To me it's got the best balance between ease-of-use<=>power

OpenBSD won't boot my machine properly. NetBSD is more sparse than FreeBSD 
but it runs on just about anything. Of the linux's I like Debian & Slackware 
(couldn't get any of the others to install) but they're complex compared to 
the *BSD's. Linux has better support for more weird hardware than the *BSD's. 
QNX froze my machine repeatedly, just like Windows; something I've never seen 
FreeBSD or Linux do.

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