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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!easix!knobel!andreas From: andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm) Subject: Re: Which is better ? Organization: Andreas Klemm, D-4040 Neuss 21 References: <1993May25.095207.25469@uxmail.ust.hk> <C7LC9D.DG6@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> <1993May25.212403.14269@cm.cf.ac.uk> Message-ID: <1993May30.115924.2574@knobel.GUN.de> Date: Sun, 30 May 93 11:59:24 GMT Lines: 54 In <1993May25.212403.14269@cm.cf.ac.uk> paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes: |> |>Warning: If you don't know Un*x (Really KNOW Un*x) go with Linux for now. |> Most Linux users seem to be MS-DOG converts. |> Asking simple Un*x questions on comp.os.386bsd.* is a sure fire |> way to be flamed!! |However, comp.os.386bsd.questions should be exactly that sort of |forum. If we're not going to spend a little time answering newbie |questions and yes I know we're all busy doing the work that keeps |us alive, then 386bsd is never going to gain ground amongst the |broader user base. Thats the case. Another story is the argument, that linux is smaller, then 386bsd. Someone should do the task to create a sco unix alike custom utility. So everyone can choose, which functionality he wants to install. The dirty work is to split 386BSD into peaces on source and binary level. And: What should contain a base system ? What packages should be created ? Not too much packages to avoid hundreds of floppies ;-) Installation based on 3.5" disks A good idea and first step would be to create files in a format, that packages can be build on floppy disk or on tape. Then create scripts that create and extract distribution floppies and multi volume Tapes..... Based on that it should be possible to simplify the installation of all 386BSD's...... EOF dreaming ... ;-) |One of the things that does worry me is the total |lack of traffic in the 386bsd groups, while I know that there are |people out there working on things it seems that there isn't much |of a base actually using the stuff we develop. I don't think so. Although I doubt, that the splitting of the 386BSD user communityinto pieces was a good thought ! Perhaps W.J.'s 0.2 release with many new features, perhaps improved performance, perhaps improved installation method will unify the community ..... ?! -- ---- Andreas Klemm ------- /////// andreas@knobel.GUN.de \\\\\\\ private : +49 2137 12609 D-4040 Neuss 21 (Norf), Germany at work : +49 2173 3964 161 Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Telefax : +49 2173 3964 222 Abteilung Unix Support, D-4019 Monheim