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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2322 ; Mon, 01 Mar 93 10:54:03 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!news.oc.com!csci-wiermac.etsu.edu!user From: wier@merlin.etsu.edu (Bob Wier) Subject: Re: BSD or Linux? Message-ID: <wier-260293171434@csci-wiermac.etsu.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions Sender: usenet@ra.oc.com Organization: East Texas State University References: <11135@tivoli.UUCP> <1993Feb26.192438.9988@coe.montana.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 23:20:16 GMT Lines: 48 In article <1993Feb26.192438.9988@coe.montana.edu>, nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) wrote: > > [ I know I'm going to regret this, but......] > > change. Linux is far from this. Also, Linux is no-where near the > production quality that 386BSD is because of the lack of documentation. > (One aspect of production quality). 386BSD suffers from lack of > specific documentation, but by God there is a TON of documentation on > BSD out there. > I'd have to second this. For the last couple of months since I got laid off at my old job, and moved here to my new one, I've been considering how to continue running the archives/mailing lists which I had been doing previously. I came to the conclusion that it just wasn't possible unless you had su privs (some people may dispute that...). For example, I needed to change basic aliases for the mailer, and just couldn't get access to do it on the "real" unix machines at the old place. So, I came to the conclusion that the way to go was to have my OWN unix machine on the network where I have total control. Since it's main purpose is ftp, networking is very important. I tried both LINUX and 386BSD. LINUX initially appealed to me because it seemed very easy to install, whereas since I was using a GATEWAY at that time, I ran into the "Compaq" problem which was extremely frustrating with 386BSD. Also, a colleague at my old school was very much in favor of LINUX. I really didn't make a decision until a couple of weeks ago. Mostly it was based on two things. One was that there is already a 386BSD running here on a PC (so I have someone to talk to about it) AND the commands are close enough to the "real" unix boxes we are running that I can look at their man pages and get a clue as to what to do (lacking any comprehensive BSD printed manuals is a problem). Incidentally, if anyone is running anon ftp as a major part of thier system, I'd be interested in exchanging notes. Getting this running is very challenging for someone who has not been in a position of being a sys admin previously... THANKS! --Bob W. ======== insert usual disclaimers here ============ Bob Wier, East Texas State U., Commerce, Texas wier@merlin.etsu.edu (watch for address change)