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From: mju@mudos.pc.cc.cmu.edu (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. NetBSD vs. BSDI
Date: 19 Sep 1993 22:09:09 -0400
Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, Pittsburgh, PA
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forrie@decvax.dec.com writes:
>The fact that X windows doesn't run on NetBSD yet
Funny, XFree86 (X11R5) works just fine on my machine running NetBSD.
As others have said, I don't think your contacts really know what
they're talking about.
>Another concern is system security, reliability, and stability. And
>portabililty ability ;) :) I assume that most GNU programs will compile
>with no problem on these. What about INN? Networking stability is also
>a plus plus.
I've had no problems with network stability, or with general system
stability. INN compiles and runs with only a few glitches, mostly in
the shell scripts, but bash 1.13 should fix those problems. Most
other net software compiles and runs easily. The only real sticking
point is the fact that the shell isn't exactly bug-for-bug compatible
with the AT&T Bourne shell, so some scripts need tweaking.
--
Marc Unangst, N8VRH | "Free software is NOT the same thing as
mju@mudos.pc.cc.cmu.edu | free beer."
| -Philip Knapp in comp.os.linux