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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5290 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1085 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 must die ( was Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD etc.) Date: 22 Sep 1993 16:54:44 GMT Organization: Montana Stateu University, Bozeman MT Lines: 36 Message-ID: <27q00k$isu@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2769a7$knq@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <27fqlb$knq@eddie.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <27fqlb$knq@eddie.mit.edu>, Shawn F. Mckay <shawn@eddie.mit.edu> wrote: >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. If you like the patchkit, you'll like FreeBSD even more. It contains the entire patchkit + more bug fixes + a LARGE portion of updated software. >Although I see little mail about 386bsd, I see LOTS of people >complaining about NetBSD, or FeeBSD for one reason or another. Most of those complaints are from installation problems, and from problems that would still exist if those folks would be running 0.2.4 systems. (Especially in the FreeBSD arena). Basically, if you run 0.2.4 well, then FreeBSD will run better. >Its all well and good to be "developing" an operating system, but >there should be something around for folks like me who like to >have a reasonable "development" system, while still actully >USING the O/S. That is the purpose of FreeBSD, and that is one of the reasons that it's kernel hasn't changed as much as the NetBSD kernel. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me