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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!ratatosk.yggdrasil.com!hpa From: hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com (H. Peter Anvin) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 1 Dec 1995 07:21:08 GMT Organization: linux.* maintainer Lines: 33 Message-ID: <hpa.30beac52.Linux.is.free@freya.yggdrasil.com> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48vcmk$j0v@ionews.io.org> <DIMBIt.G1F@eskimo.com> <498bio$2ft@galaxy.ucr.edu> Reply-To: hpa@storm.net (H. Peter Anvin) NNTP-Posting-Host: freya.yggdrasil.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:28788 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9603 comp.unix.advocacy:11571 comp.unix.misc:19740 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8904 Followup to: <498bio$2ft@galaxy.ucr.edu> By author: js@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) In newsgroup: comp.unix.misc > > In article <DIMBIt.G1F@eskimo.com>, Gary Kline <kline@eskimo.com> wrote: > > > > Altho I've been a uNix booster for umpteen years, I'm > > relatively new to the cheap or free versions. From > > what I've seen of FreeBSD, it is as solid as anything > > out there, commercialware or freeware. Hopefully, > > Linux and *BSD will merge---at least in part. For now, > > both versions are useful. Especially if you are willing > > to get into the code. > > Interesting you should say that - I recently learned of the Linux > emulator for FreeBSD, as well as the planned ext2fs support - I also > hear rumors of ufs support for Linux. Linux & FreeBSD already use much > of the same software, e.g. the gnu toolset, XFree86, Voxware sound drivers... > > Then again, the FreeBSD and Linux kernels are 2 very different designs. > True. I think, however, that we Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD supporters have a lot more to gain by cooperating with each other than bickering about whose free UN*X is best. All the three versions have their respective advantages, and the proliferation of them all are a lot better than the Evil Empire taking over completely. /hpa -- PGP public key available - finger hpa@terminus.storm.net "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Bahá'u'lláh I don't work for Yggdrasil, but they sponsor the linux.* hierarchy.