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Xref: sserve comp.os.minix:22455 comp.os.386bsd.misc:584 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3572 comp.os.linux:46658 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!Germany.EU.net!news.Hamburg.Germany.EU.net!abqhh!wavehh.hanse.de!tatung.lip.hanse.de!tatung!lipka From: lipka@tatung.hanse.de (Michael Lipka) Subject: Re: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc In-Reply-To: robpang@leland.Stanford.EDU's message of Fri, 25 Jun 93 01:25:30 GMT Message-ID: <LIPKA.93Jul5102545@tatung.hanse.de> Sender: news@wavehh.hanse.de Nntp-Posting-Host: tatung Reply-To: lipka@wavehh.hanse.de Organization: Hanse Networking References: <1993Jun19.125224.17510@colorado.edu> <1993Jun19.231341.3524@jacobs.jacobs.mn.org> <1993Jun25.012530.800@leland.Stanford.EDU> Date: 5 Jul 93 10:25:45 Lines: 12 I have installed Linux for 2 months but I found that it was less useful to me than I have hoped. I tried to do my CS programming homework twice with no luck. There is no "socket" in Linux (which I think follow System V). That's not true. There are sockets for Linux. I use a Sparc (BSD) at work and have very few problems taking source home :-) (although I don't know much about memory management). -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Lipka | lipka@lip.hanse.de | lipka@wavehh.hanse.de | +------------------------------------------------------------+