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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34150 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1591 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!strath-cs!st-and!aa1 From: aa1@st-andrews.ac.uk (Alasdair Allan) Subject: Re: Objectively: 386bsd vs. Linux vs. commercial products? Message-ID: <1993Apr14.113528.26422@st-andrews.ac.uk> Summary: Request for summary of response Keywords: BSD,Linux,SLIP,PPP Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland. References: <1993Apr10.103233.5313@samba.oit.unc.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 11:35:28 GMT Lines: 39 Brandon Vanevery writes: >I caught the tail end of a flame war earlier, I really hope this doesn't >start another. I'm looking for any opinions - hopefully objective - on >the strengths and weaknesses of different 386 UNIX platforms. Some key >concerns: > > - stability > - efficiency/speed > - TCP/IP, SLIP and/or PPP support > - support for 24-bit true color hardware of any sort, > but preferrably on the cheap. > [rest of article deleted] I'm considering moving to a Unix based home system. My main need in SLIP or PPP support so I'd be interested in hearing whats out there for BSD or Linux in that area (ie which has the better support?) So if Brandon could post a summary of the Email he gets on this I'd appreciate it (I'm sure there are a couple of other people out there that are at least *mildy* interested as well). Alasdair Allan Dept of Physics & Astronomy University of St. Andrews Email: aa1@st-andrews.ac.uk -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.2 mQCNAivJ7W8AAAEEANZVrJOaRZi0TZI7oBvOUfSHh+q4LE+FZbTtOtwZ4OSoQFEr PQG/w+GeMj8I2gDSXki9x3S6jrWv7RoxnOA+XfhIPgX5a7QVXFjwxl1q11UjTQHc 5ZgNEkNuQ6AcGuwUlZTZ1xmbjQmZKHvdqLqlk9Lr+H4zFsnqrSRKv6twmINHAAUR tCVBbGFzZGFpciBBbGxhbiA8YWExQHN0LWFuZHJld3MuYWMudWs+ =DfhY -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----