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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.iif.hu!isyshu!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-8.sprintlink.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!ukne t!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Diff. btwn Free/NetBSD Date: 26 Jul 1996 23:44:47 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4tbl9f$3jl@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4t789s$lgv@news.service.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4t789s$lgv@news.service.uci.edu>, Jignesh Bhadaliya <jignesh@cs.ucr.edu> wrote: > >Could someone plz explain the difference with FreeBSD vs. NetBSD? They have many things in common, as they are based on BSD4.4. The main difference is in the aims of the developers - FreeBSD concentrates on stability on the i386 architecture, NetBSD on portability (note:- this does *not* imply that NetBSD is unstable or that FreeBSD is unportable, just that those happen to be the different things that the developers choose to emphasise). NetBSD runs on a wide range of architectures, whereas FreeBSD is currently only available for the i386, although work is being done on porting it to the PowerPC and there was a Sparc port at one time. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/