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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.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: Question about BSD/Linux/GNU Date: 27 Feb 94 03:56:02 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 53 Message-ID: <michaelv.762321362@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu cc: ae7140185@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg In <1994Feb26.072724.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> ae7140185@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg writes: >Hey everybody, > I have some small, trivial questions that I believe they have >been asked before but I hope someone can enlighten me on this: >1) Are BSD, Linux and GNU are Unix clone for the PC? NetBSD and FreeBSD are BSD Unix for the PC, Linux is a "posix compliant" Unix clone. GNU is free software *for* Unix -- GNU has not released a Unix of their own. All three of the free unices use GNU utilities heavily. >2) Are they all freeware? Yes. >3) Can we just dropload from any ftp site and merely install them > into our PC. Pretty much, yes. NetBSD 0.9 can be found on ftp sites including agate.berkeley.edu, gatekeeper.dec.com, and ftp.iastate.edu. Both NetBSD and FreeBSD are within a month or two of a new major release (speculating on the next NetBSD release date). >4) Which of the three is better? Depends on who you ask. I like NetBSD best. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. What do you want to do with it? >5) Any FAQ around? Look on comp.os.386bsd.announce. >I asking them because I am rather interested to install a Unix system onto my >PC but I can't really afford a Unix SVR4.2. I wouldn't wish that on anyone but my worst enemy. ;-) >Thank you. You're welcome. >Moebius -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael L. VanLoon Project Vincent Systems Staff michaelv@iastate.edu Iowa State University Computation Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------