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From: Jeff Lloyd <jlloyd@io.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX or LINUX? Suggestions Please!
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:03:42 -0700
Organization: Internex Online (io.org), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Do BSD distributions usually come on CD or do you have to ftp them?
> Slowaris (i.e., Slowaris 2.X) is SysV-based. Linux is not SysV-based,
> but resembles it somewhat more than BSD. The differences are mostly
> in the system maintenance area however, the userland is more similar
> these days.
>Are binary programs compatible between say, a Solaris OS and a BSD or
Linux OS? Just wondering because I will be using some software at my job
this summer that I don't know if I can get the source for, and I may want
to do some work at home...
> The latest release versions are: NetBSD 1.1, FreeBSD 2.1. (OpenBSD?
> I don't know.)
> Any idea which is the most stable, or the simplest to install for a first
time installation of Unix?
Thanks for your help,
--
Jeff Lloyd
JLLOYD@IO.ORG / 73564.466@compuserve.com