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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:31984 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1137 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!think.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!ai-lab!hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? Date: 29 Mar 1993 09:28:36 -0500 Organization: dis Lines: 35 Message-ID: <1p712k$v15@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> References: <ins407x.733191967@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au> <C4JopF.KrH@sugar.neosoft.com> <1p3hfg$geh@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <C4M2Kt.1HI@sugar.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.ai.mit.edu In article <C4M2Kt.1HI@sugar.neosoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > > I've been told before that the AIX file system is incredible. Problem > is, you have to run AIX to get it. #define SARCASM 1 Yah, it just sucks. I can't stand loadable and unloadable device drivers; runtime-modifiable partitioning with spanning, striping and mirroring; adding and removing physical devices at runtime; multiplexed device files; shared libraries done right; and reasonably good compatibility with SysV, BSD, and POSIX. Oh, and I really can't stand that the familiar `lpr' interface actually talks to a generic batch queueing system, the simplified system for starting and stopping daemons, and the hypertext manuals. Yes, indeed, life with AIX is truly Hell. #undef SARCASM (NOT!) `It will be a long, cold day in Hell before' I use another commercial Unix system as my main platform. The only reason I'm interested in 386BSD is that I see potential for it to become at least as winning, and still remain free. -- \ / Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu /\ \ PGP public key available on request. MIME, AMS, NextMail accepted. Scheme White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride!