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From: shaman@mv.mv.com (Coranth Gryphon)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD/NetBSD (Information please, no flames or advocacy please)
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:59:51 GMT
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In article <1995Jun15.223255@hlrz24.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de>,
Stephan Melin <melin@hlrz24.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de> wrote:
>I want to install either FreeBSD or NetBSD on my Intel-PC. However I am not
>sure which one I should prefer.
Two comments. First, the general concensus among most people here abouts
is that they are more or less equivalent in quality. Each has different
advantanges and different things their respective developement teams
consider higher priority, so for more useful information to your
particular case, you need to describe what you plan on doing.
The only fundemetnal difference in design intent that I (as an
outsider) am aware of is that NetBSD places more emphasis on cross
platform support, whereas FreeBSD is specialized to Intel architecture.
Second, If you really don't have a preference, grab one and try it.
Let the deciding factor be whichever one you can get ahold of
easier (both are fully available on cdrom, source and binary).
I'm partial to FreeBSD, but haven't played with NetBSD for over
2 years. FreeBSD works for me, so I have no reason to change.
-coranth
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