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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Linux user's questions
Date: 23 Jun 1993 12:37:39 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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References: <1993Jun22.145505.528@umr.edu>
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In article <1993Jun22.145505.528@umr.edu> bolsen@cs.umr.edu (Brian Olsen) writes:
>
>I've been using linux for quite a while, long before 386BSD came out.
...
>Is there a 386BSD XS3?
Yes, but still a `private port', done by Amancio Hasty Jr., contact
<hasty@netcom.com>. The stuff for some accelerated boards is gonna
be merged into XFree86 release 2.0, to come late summer.
>Will my 8Megs of ram be too little to efficiently run a c++ compile
>because c++ starts to swap a bit with just a compile.
G++ is memory-intensive, depending on the program you compile. But
if you have a fast swap partition (note: unlike Linux, BSD uses only
a single partition from the DOS point of view, and creates subpart-
itions), and avoid hunting with your mouse across the screen while
you're compiling, this should not cause extensive performance loss
(since most of the X apps can be paged out).
>Are shared libs available?
Under development.
>And, how stable is the networking code?
Fairly good. Fine, old 4.3BSD stuff. Some kinda reference for any
IP implementation.
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