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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:57400 comp.unix.bsd:13578 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!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.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Date: 14 Mar 94 18:23:33 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 27 Message-ID: <michaelv.763669413@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <2lk1jm$aor@simpson-01.cs.strath.ac.uk> <CMK8E9.EM5@eskimo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu In <CMK8E9.EM5@eskimo.com> buddy@eskimo.com (Steven Horn) writes: >gpalmer@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gary J Palmer C.S.3) writes: >>*BSD : Lots of easily available C progs to compile & run easily. >> Bigger kernel, so more memory needed. Untrue. You can trim as much out of the system as you want. Trim enough and it will even resemble Linux. :-) >>Linux: Pain to get some (most?) BSD progs to work. >> Smaller kernel, can run comfortably in 4Mb's. >How much memory do you recommend to run *BSD?? I started with 5 meg in my NetBSD-current system. I currently have 10 meg. Although I'd like to have more, my system runs pleasantly with X most of the time. Huge compiles can cause a bit of swapping when chaning areas of the virtual desktop under tvtwm, but nothing massively unpleasant. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -