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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!wariat.org!sed.psrw.com!news.eff.org!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!seismo.demon.co.uk!user From: russ@seismo.demon.co.uk (Russ Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:32:15 +0100 Organization: Dis Organisation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <russ-3103960832150001@seismo.demon.co.uk> References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960324150948.9390A-100000@PLAINS.UWYO.EDU> <4jejjt$cdb@park.uvsc.edu> <315E0F1A.4E3FB53D@lucon.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: seismo.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: seismo.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b4 > > "Andrew N. Edmond" <edmond@PLAINS.UWYO.EDU> wrote: > > ] This is a very good question... I don't know the answer, but I would > > ] suggest to someone who might know FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Linux to do a > > ] comparision chart for this very commonly unanswered question. I recollect seeing a document down these lines on the NetBSD web site, when I was poking around there recently. The short summary went "Don't sweat it". The longer summary went "The xxxBSD's have more of a BSD-ish slant, whereas Linux is more Sys-V-ish. xxxBSD tends to support a wider variety of hardware, whereas Linux is in a more polished condition on i386 platforms". That fits well with my own limited experience. Russ