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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
Date: 8 Mar 94 15:37:35 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J Camp) writes:
>What are the relative merits of NetBSD vs. Linux? Is either
>technically superior? I suppose BSD is more portable. How difficult
>is would it be to port the Linux utilities to BSD? -David-
*I'm* not getting into another NetBSD/Linux shootout. Suffice it to
say *I* like NetBSD better because, in my opinion it's better
documented all the way around, the networking code is much more stable
and compatible with the world as we know it, and it just feels like a
more "real" big-time Unix than a PC O/S.
Right now, NetBSD-current (the stuff that will become NetBSD-1.0 when
it's ready) is about half-way between 4.3BSD and 4.4BSD. As soon as
4.4BSD-Lite hits the streets, I'm sure most of the rest of 4.4 will be
absorbed in short order.
For what reason would you port Linux utilities to NetBSD? NetBSD
already has a very rich suite of utilities. Is there something
missing that I don't know about?
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Unix for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.