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From: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:21:14 GMT
In article <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) writes:
> Both free unixes are deemed reliable by many sources.
>
> 386BSD has better TCP/IP, for now.
There's much more than TCP/IP. Don't forget NFS, YP (oh, sorry - NIS :-),
diskless systems etc. (sure, you know that, but it may be interesting for
other people to know).
>
> Linux is far less resource-hungry, due to shared libraries.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feel free to use the "inofficiel" shared libraries posted a long time ago
for 386bsd ! Of course, these one are not the best solution, but they are
much better than nothing.
>
> 386BSD fixes come out slowly, all at once. Linux fixes come out quickly,
> a little bit at a time.
>
> Neither free unix has 24-bit color support. Both will get it at the same
> time if it comes available, as both use XFree86.
>
> Snittily Graphics Consulting Services makes 24-bit X drivers for S3 928
> based boards, for several commercial unixes.
>
> Commercial unixes are all very expensive. The cheapest is the new Univel
> UNIXware - $250 for user version, $695 for the developer version. All
> others are well over $1000. It's really rather silly, I think.
>
> SCO Unix has been recommended to me as "the best" of the commercial
> systems, by a few folks.
Sure, there are many people who call something "the best" because
there are many other people who call something "the best" etc..
Does SCO use X11R5, _yet_ ? :-)
> That's about all the info I have. Look to the FAQs for more precise
> breakdowns of the commercial stuff.
>
> Cheers,
> Brandon
>
> --
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> Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
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>
Henry
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