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From: lamaster@viking.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD
Date: 18 May 1995 21:05:08 GMT
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In article <3np0bj$mli@news.nde.state.ne.us>,
cwelch@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us (Craig L Welch) writes:
|> Oh course, I'm posting this on the NetBSD newsgroup, so perhaps I'm
|> already making the decision here, but I'm a Linux user lookig to support
|> more people on the same hardware, and just generally interested in tryig
|> something new (and perhaps more standard...) so, for me, this means
|> NetBSD / FreeBSD. Perhaps I'm just (foolishly) opening a can of worms,
|> but what to people suggest, NetBSD or FreeBSD.
Good question.
Here are some criterion:
|>
|> General setup-ability and "ease of use" in terms of sysadmin
For example, is there an easy to install CD-ROM version
available for a modest fee? How about co-existence with
DOS (an ugly necessity for many people)?
How about general emotional closeness to 4.3 BSD/4.4 BSD?
Which OS is more historically BSD-ish?
How about the best (fastest, most robust, most bug-free)
device drivers? Which OS has better SCSI controller and
Ethernet controller device drivers?
The fastest, most robust, most bug-free IP protocol stack?
|> General connectivity, PC (samba), Mac (Cap)
|> Heavy on the Internet stuff/ httpd, ftpd, shell / pine,pop,security
|> Multi-OS capacity, Dosemu (what about the NetBSD one, limited windows
|> like LInux??) Mac (via Executor?) this is obviously less of a concern,
|> or I would just be staying with Linux and not even looking around.
Mac stuff - for me, that is a "don't care" ...
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