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From: gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan)
Subject: *BSD Capabilities Summary
Organization: Delaware State Hospital
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 23:45:16 GMT
Message-ID: <Cn70nv.pI@dragon.dsh.org>
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To put a few facts into the inevitable *BSD comparisons, I would
like to put together a summary of capabilities of specific versions
of {386,Free,Net}BSD. The data will include device drivers and
other major features (virtual memory, file systems, etc.) The
initial versions of this summary should come from primary
developers/core group members and contain only solid facts about
their system, though referencing differences from the previous
version (or parent OS) is encouraged for the sake of brevity.
All data should be specifically related to a particular version, or
"as of" date for -current systems. To allow for a fair comparison,
I will allow groups to see the other groups' response and respond
before releasing the summary to the public. Once the hard data is
in hand, I will put together a poll to determine user satisfaction
with particular features of each OS version.
Who am I to put this together? Just another user and admin, for
the most part. I've set up and operated systems running 386BSD 0.1pk,
FreeBSD 1.0 {Gamma, Epsilon}, and NetBSD {0.9, current}, and I'm
not particularly biased toward any of them. I'm also curious about
the results, myself, and I have some time to donate to society.
I hope the major players will participate, as having this
information in an easy-to-digest format can only help users and
potential users. Thanks.
Gary D. Duzan
Humble Practitioner of the Computer Arts
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gary@dsh.org
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