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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!shemesh.tis.com!pbrewer From: pbrewer@tis.com (Peter Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSDI vs FreeBSD Date: 6 Feb 1996 17:41:04 GMT Organization: Lerici Systems & Software, Ltd. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4f83rg$4tb@shemesh.tis.com> References: <AFj4X5nCg4@qsar.chem.msu.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13333 comp.unix.bsd.misc:483 In article <AFj4X5nCg4@qsar.chem.msu.su>, Eugene Radchenko <eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su> wrote: >Hi people! >I wonder what is the relation between the BSDI and FreeBSD Unix versions? >Is the BSDI a commercial version of FreeBSD (like Caldera/Linux), another Both are based on BSD4.4Lite. The kernels more than likely have a great many differences... >Which is better (features, stability)? >Any hints will be appreciated. You could ask a local large ISP provider Erol's that question. They opted for the public domain version as a 'terminal server' for 28.8 dial-in. Apparently, the overload was too much. They opted for BSDI's product instead. So, I guess the question is how much of a load do you plan on placing on it? If you already have a license why would you choose an unsupported product? If it is a research machine then perhaps that would be different. Perhaps access to kernel sources would be required. If it is a classroom machine with student accounts I think you should know the answer to that one without asking. >Eugene V. Radchenko Research associate, Computer Chemistry -- peter