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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!mstachow From: mstachow@athena.mit.edu (Maciej Stachowiak) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD Info Date: 1 Aug 1996 01:08:14 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4tp01u$bq3@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <4tl5mo$c1l@ns3.iamerica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: w20-575-32.mit.edu In article <4tl5mo$c1l@ns3.iamerica.net>, amusgrov@varmm.com (AJ Musgrove) writes: |> Well, no shooting me, but I am trying to find a good PC UNIX and I haven't |> decided. I can get just about anything, include UnixWare, SCO, LINUX, |> FreeBSD, and NetBSD. |> |> I'm leaning toward NetBSD, but I need to make sure that it has what I need. |> First, the PC version, what does it emulate? Also, what standards does it |> support? I am an SVR4 (no shooting) programmer who uses a Solaris 2.5 at |> work, and I need something that is more or less source-compatible. |> |> Is NetBSD what I need? |> |> -- |> AJ Musgrove |> |> Out of the OSes you listed, NetBSD is probably the least SVR4-ish. (Well, OK, FreeBSD is probably equally distant.) - Maciej Stachowiak