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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!yale!yale.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Date: Wed, 9 Mar 94 19:18:38 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <JK4rPn2.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <2lk1jm$aor@simpson-01.cs.strath.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: Gary J Palmer C.S.3 <gpalmer@cs.strath.ac.uk> Gary J Palmer C.S.3 <gpalmer@cs.strath.ac.uk> writes: >*BSD : Lots of easily available C progs to compile & run easily. > Bigger kernel, so more memory needed. > >Linux: Pain to get some (most?) BSD progs to work. > Smaller kernel, can run comfortably in 4Mb's. We (FreeBSD) have made significant inroads into running on small machines. There are individuals running X on 4MB (but slowly.) John dyson@implode.root.com