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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!ponderous.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD or FreeBSD? Stability ?? Date: 6 Feb 94 05:23:46 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 36 Message-ID: <michaelv.760512226@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <2ir0h9$cme@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu In <2ir0h9$cme@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> phar006@wrzx12.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Thomas Heiling) writes: >Hello! >I am running here a LINUX-system, but i am >willing to switch to a *BSD system. >Can anyone explain to me , what the differences between >NetBSD and FreeBSD are ?? >From the FAQ ( it's a little bit outdated ... ) i >can't see the real differences (:. >Another question is the required space, >the FAQ says it uses about 80 MB ( FreeBSD ), >( while my LINUX here uses only 50 MB ). >Sorry for this, but it is *not* clear from the FAQ, >what the differences are. >BTW From some Postings I saw, that the FreeBSD 1.1 >should have shared libs, what does this mean for >space Requirements ?? >Thanks for your Help ! >Thomas Heiling Both NetBSD and FreeBSD in their next releases will have shared libraries. Since I don't run FreeBSD, I can't speak for them, but I'm sure it's similar. NetBSD shared libraries utilize dynamic linking for maximum flexibility, and they work *very* well. I pound my NetBSD-current system (with shared libs) mercilessly, and it refuses to crash. I run X and a high-speed modem line. Let me put it this way: NetBSD-current is much more stable than any other O/S I've ever run on my computer, including Windoze 3.x, DOS+QEMM, DesqView, Xenix, and OS/2. Highly recommended. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael L. VanLoon Project Vincent Systems Staff michaelv@iastate.edu Iowa State University Computation Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------