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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:57410 comp.unix.bsd:13626 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!dkuug!dde!kim From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen) Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:21:50 GMT Message-ID: <1994Mar17.032150.2147@dde.dk> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <2lk1jm$aor@simpson-01.cs.strath.ac.uk> <CMK8E9.EM5@eskimo.com> Lines: 27 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. [Note: This is for NetBSD] This certainly depends on which things you want in the kernel. My kernel which includes the debugger is ~460k. The -current GENERICAHA which includes IDE/SCSI, lots of different ethernet ctlrs etc. is ~560k >>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?? What do you plan to run on the system , and how many concurrent users ? regards kim -- -- Kim Andersen @ Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark. E-mail: kim@dde.dk or ...!uunet!mcsun!dkuug!dde!kim