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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2719 comp.os.linux.misc:19764 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!sja From: sja@snakemail.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Date: 20 Jul 94 16:24:26 GMT Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 30 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <SJA.94Jul20182426@gamma.hut.fi> References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> <newcombe.351.00A6A2B3@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> <mrg.774688509@dynamo> <newcombe.379.0044F34E@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gamma.hut.fi In-reply-to: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu's message of Wed, 20 Jul 1994 09:35:15 UNDEFINED > Unices with a BSD flavor include: 386BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, (BSDi???) > Unices with a Linux flavor include: Linux There are indeed two free *BSD kernel variants (NetBSD and FreeBSD; 386BSD is an old version, superseded by the two much improved versions.) (There are also different variants of the Linux kernel, e.g. with BSD networking code, but we'll just keep ignoring facts as is traditional.) Let's try this: UNIX: AIX, HP-UX, OSF/1, SunOS/Solaris, Linux, BSD, UNI/XT, A/UX, Ultrix, Xenix, Unicos, plus dozens more Windows NT: Windows NT Since less is better (?) and the mere existence of related operating systems detracts from their usefulness (??), we just have proved NT the perfect operating system. Puke. > Now, the different distributions are another story. There seems to be > a 1 to 1 on the BSD side, whereas there are several Linux distributions > to meet different needs. There are two free maintained BSD distributions: NetBSD and FreeBSD. For different needs. One if you want a free UNIX. The other if you want a free UNIX. (Spot the difference and win a trip around the world!) Both distributions can be tailored to various needs, e.g. by adding/deleting device drivers and using "ftp" to get new user programs and "rm" to remove superfluous ones. ++sja