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D. Linux Advocacy FAQ
D.6. Technical
the area you look at, either Linux or FreeBSD will have a better implementation. On
the whole, FreeBSD is thought to have a better architecture, although Linux has had
the benefit of being ported to many platforms and has a great many more features and
supports far more hardware. It is questionable whether the performance penalties we
are talking about are of real concern in most practical situations.
Another important considerations that the FreeBSD maintainers go to for more
effort securing FreeBSD than any Linux vendor. This makes FreeBSD a more trustworthy alternative.
GPL advocates take issue with FreeBSD because its licensing allows a commercial
organisation to use FreeBSD without disclosing additions to the source code.
None of this offsets the fact that either of these systems are preferable to proprietary ones.
D.6
Technical
This section covers various specific and technical questions.
Are Linux CD’s readable from Win95/98/00 ?
Yes. This will allow you to browse the installation documentation on the CD.
Can I run Linux and Win95/98/00 on the same machine?
Yes, Linux will occupy two or more partitions, while Win95 will sit in one of the primary partitions. At boot time, a boot prompt will ask you to select which operating
system you would like to boot into.
How much space do I need to install Linux?
A useful distribution of packages that includes the X Window System (Unix’s graphical
environment) will occupy less than 1 gigabyte. A network server that does not have
to run X can get away with about 300 megabytes. Linux can run on as little as a single
stiffy disk - thats 1.4 megabytes - and still perform various network services.
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