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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:57389 comp.unix.bsd:13556 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!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.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Date: 10 Mar 94 18:15:59 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 52 Message-ID: <michaelv.763323359@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <michaelv.763141055@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <Scot.11.00174D29@hk.super.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu 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 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -