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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5200 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1056 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 must die ( was Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD etc.) Message-ID: <hastyCDKq75.4Jv@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <2769a7$knq@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <27fqlb$knq@eddie.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 23:49:52 GMT Lines: 27 In article <27fqlb$knq@eddie.mit.edu> shawn@eddie.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay) writes: >I can only speak for myself, but I find 386BSD 0.1 (PK 0.2.4) >to be *VERY* stable. Some folks like to tinker, but dont like >the idea that one day it may all just BLOW UP / STOP WORKING. > >Although I see little mail about 386bsd, I see LOTS of people >complaining about NetBSD, or FeeBSD for one reason or another. > The problem with NetBSD and FreeBSD is that the applications deployment lacks behind the OS release also many of us are accustomed to having certain basic applications working: tk, perl, X, emacs, epoch, etc... Hopefully, with freeBSD's user packages it will contribute to a more stable and usable OS distribution. The art of an OS distribution is evolving and in a few more months I would expect awesome OS releases. Cheers, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming