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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2168 comp.os.linux.misc:12152 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 31 Mar 1994 09:21:14 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 39 Message-ID: <2nem8q$ddj@acme.gatech.edu> References: <2n9f90$9em@great-miami.iac.net> <R8m2Jc1w165w@oasys.pc.my> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gatech.edu othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad) writes: >Linux is full of these experimental features and they keep on piling them >quickly without much thought. Soo Linux will be overwhelmed. It now has many Imminent death of Linux predicted. >versions of file systems but still none with the capablility of FFS because >Linus hate it. Exactly what capabilities are you talking about? > The last time I studied Linux networking code, it was adapted Net/2 >code with hacks to make it work for Linux. Otherwise how could they get those >networking utilities up so quickly. Interesting. None of the kernel code is BSD (BNR/2) derived, except for a few of the constants. Some of the net utilities are BSD derived. From what I've seen, there are changes to make them work for Linux, but not every deviation from the one true BSD way is a hack. >Don't be fooled by features that you do not need. Keep it slim and bug free. Oh, *BSD are bug free? And SLIM? Care to back up your assertion with some proof? >Linux is ONLY for X86, whereas BSD is for ALL. If you want a toy to play with, >go for Linux, but if you want to go on to greater things, try BSD. Actually, the Linux port to the AMiga (and theoretically to other 68k machines) is progressing at a fast clip. Although I admit NetBSD (but neither of the other free *BSD) supports many platforms with varying degrees of completeness, it certainly doesn't run on "ALL." -- _g, '96 --->>>>>>>>>> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu <<<<<<<<<--- CompSci ,g_ W@@@W__ |-\ ^ | disclaimer: <---> "Bow before ZOD!" __W@@@W W@@@@**~~~' ro|-<ert s/_\ nders | who am I??? ^ from Superman '~~~**@@@@W `*MV' hi,ocie! |-/ad! / \ss!! | ooga ooga!! | II (cool)! `VW*'