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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!news.sojourn.com!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu!not-for-mail From: kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup Date: 12 Apr 1996 03:10:49 GMT Organization: The House of RetroComputing Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2945 comp.os.linux.development.system:21229 comp.os.linux.setup:50292 Tom (lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: : Linux is : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD. All Linux Can somebody please verify this? I mean, NetBSD says it is _almost_ POSIX, with a few differences because of POSIX brain damage. Did Linux put in that brain damage? What does Linux *lack* as far as POSIX stuff? -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore, Comp. Sci. \ kpneal@interpath.com XCOMM Frue, Secret Agent of Smerp (shh!) \ kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM Visit the House of RetroComputing at / Perm. Email: XCOMM http://www4.ncsu.edu/~kpneal/www/ / kevinneal@bix.com