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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!eastnews1.East.Sun.COM!walters.East.Sun.COM!no_junk_email From: no_junk_email@east.sun.com (Nils Nieuwejaar) 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: 28 Jan 1997 23:07:29 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems - High Performance Computing Group Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5cm0rh$is5@walters.East.Sun.COM> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nauplius.east.sun.com X-no-archive: yes X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154778 comp.os.linux.networking:66447 comp.os.linux.setup:94336 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5769 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2077 J.C. Archambeau <jca@bighorn.accessnv.com> wrote: > >A lot of it depends on what you are looking for in a Unix based OS. If >you are use to working with Suns (as I am) then you'd be more >preferrential to BSD. You'll have to be a bit more specific. SunOS was BSD-like, so a SunOS user is likely to be more comfortable with *BSD. Solaris is SysV-like, so a Solaris user is likely to be more comfortable with Linux. -- Don't send me junk email. Real email can be sent to nils.nieuwejaar at east.sun.com.