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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!news.intersurf.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 23 Jan 1997 18:51:37 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5c983p$fnc@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com> <5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m2915kj5x2.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154012 comp.os.linux.networking:66044 comp.os.linux.setup:93710 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5719 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2011 In article <m2915kj5x2.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com>, Thomas Evans <tjevans@hotmail.com> wrote: >There is also a lot more development going on, ZIP drives, Token Ring, >Sound cards, etc Yes, more development in some areas. But not in others. NetBSD runs on and uses a lot of hardware that Linux doesn't. (VAX 11, DECStation, turbochannel bus, etc.) NetBSD also appears to share more drivers amongst different systems than Linux does. I am doubtful that a particularly large proportion of users are forced to one or the other due to some piece of hardware, though I have little evidence of this. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.