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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 4.4-lite? Date: 6 Jul 1994 19:33:27 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2vf0u7$6oe@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <VIXIE.94Jun20091941@office.home.vix.com> <2u9jjh$32q@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <JKH.94Jul6122939@whisker.hubbard.ie> <2ve586INN1ms@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <2ve586INN1ms@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de>, Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote: >Jordan Hubbard (jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie) wrote: >> 4.4Lite does NOT support the 386, that tree doesn't even compile! >> Have you even tried? A lot of work is required to bring 4.4Lite up to >> the status of an actual runnable OS, and this is what FreeBSD and >> NetBSD are both engaged in doing. As for "which is best", you'll have >> to try both for yourself and come to your own conclusions. I cannot >> answer that question for you. > >Remains to say that NetBSD is develloped more quickly towards >4.4(Lite), whereas FreeBSD's a bit slower but brings up really stable >versions. Umm, I wouldn't go that far. Both FreeBSD and NetBSD got the 4.4lite code at the same time (modulo a day or two). NetBSD has released publically it's 4.4lite derived tree, while FreeBSD has chosen to keep it private until it's more stable. But as far as development goes it differences in development. >Besides that, NetBSD does not only run on i[34]86 but on m68k, >VAX, MIPS, SPARC, ... Agreed. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.