Re: Linux Vs. FreeBSD

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:07:37 -0800, Daveman750 wrote this:

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>>
>>
> By compatibility I mean that different "flavors" are reasonably
> compatible. This is not true in Linux. Binaries from a Debian machine,
> for example, will simply not work on a Fedora macine, for the most part.

I wanted to install FreeBSD instead of Linux earlier this year but
like Dances with Crows I found the installation process primitive. More
importantly I couldn't determine if the FreeBSD file system installation
would leave my FAT32 partitions intact. I was reluctant to wipe out my
data partitions for the FreeBSD filesystems.
.

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