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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:26108 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3612 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!superdec.uni.uiuc.edu!mbandy From: mbandy@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu (Harf) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? Date: 4 Oct 1994 02:23:11 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 48 Message-ID: <36qeaf$jt4@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <36djkn$nm8@girtab.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: superdec.uni.uiuc.edu Keywords: mosaic term telnet plin@girtab.usc.edu (Po-Han Lin) writes: >Ok, I didn't know QNX costs major money. So I am considering >either 386bsd or linux. One person said I should get linux because >386bsd is monolithic (controlled I guess), while linux is non-monolithic. >Now the question is, which os better? Better as in... >1) least bugs, and stable IMPORTANT! I woukd say that *BSD and Linux were both quite stable at this point. I have had few problems with either. >2) more software available that runs on it Most of the same software runs on each. >3) faster No clue. >4) more compliance to POSIX (I think standards are good, or am I wrong) Linux is more compliant to POSIX. >5) more people using it. Judging from the respective number of posts in each newsgroup, I would say that many more people used Linux. >6) more support for third-party hardware (VLB, EISA, modems, etc) IMPORTANT! Once again, no clue. >7) platform for programming. Either should be fine. >I hope someone can seriously asnwer these questions. Note that Im not >trying to start a flame. I appropriately crossposted only to the >relevant newsgroups that discuss these two operating systems. I >don't want to waste time downloading 50 or so megabytes and find out >that the other OS is better. Has anyone actually used both systems? I have. I prefer Linux, but I use FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 because it more closely resembles Ultrix, which I have to run on a DECstation which I assist in administrating.