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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
Date: 10 Mar 94 18:15:59 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <Scot.11.00174D29@hk.super.net> Scot@hk.super.net (Stephane Cotineau) writes:
>Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> writes:
>>*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.
>I have planned to install Unix on a 486 & am actually wondering what to
>choose. A friend lent me a CD with Linux & another one with 386BSD & NetBSD.
>After reading a few things about the instability of Linux networking ( one
>reason I want Unix) I'm contemplating installing NetBSD. The version that is
>on the CD is 0.8 (July 93) & I understand there is near 1.0 version right now.
>Where can I get it & should I install 0.8 then upgrade or rather get the files
>for the current version & start from scratch ?
>Thks for any answer
>SCot
Actually, 0.9 is the last official release. I'd recommend getting and
installing 0.9 initially and getting a feel for how the system works.
NetBSD-1.0 is probably a couple months away, yet. The core team won't
release it til it meets all their pre-determined criteria for what
they want 1.0 to contain, and until every bug they're aware of has
been fixed.
So, the interum version is called NetBSD-current. It is a nightly
snapshot of the current development sources. I've been running
NetBSD-current since mid November, and the present state of the system
is the most stable software/OS I've ever run on my PC. Since NetBSD-
current isn't a release unto itself, however, you'll have to have 0.9
installed first, then lay current on top of that. There's a fairly
simple procedure for doing so if you're connected to the internet.
I'll send you personally a much longer spiel on all this.
--Michael
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