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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:30868 comp.os.386bsd.questions:973 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!kf8nh!bsa From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? References: <1993Mar23.085058.13670@serval.net.wsu.edu>> <CGD.93Mar23030821@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <hwr.732890376@snert.ka.sub.org> Organization: Brandon S. Allbery's Linux box and AmPR node Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 22:48:03 GMT Message-ID: <1993Mar23.224803.2656@kf8nh.wariat.org> Lines: 36 In article <hwr.732890376@snert.ka.sub.org> hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org writes: >cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes: >>In article <1993Mar23.085058.13670@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) writes: >>>Linux can do POSIX, SYSV and most of BSD. > >>(which tends to be fine-tuned per platform), you'll end up >>being able to compile things just as, if not more easily >>under 386bsd... > >Hm, that's partly right. Taylor-UUCP and nn just compiles fine and easy. >Elm on the contrary is real work to get it running well. Every time I've seen a new version of Elm come out it's followed by a rash of postings of patches to make it run under XXX. I'm not sure I consider that "portable".... >There is another thing to consider: >386bsd has a stable BSD-FFS and stable networking, while there are bugs in >the Linux efs and in their networking. >While most peoble only use Unix Domain IPC and no Internet Domain IPC, the >later is not grave, but the former leads to data loss. I can't speak to networking, since I don't have a network or anything to network to. efs and e2fs are buggy. xiafs is fairly stable (modulo bootable rootdisks with out-of-date versions, since fixed :-) --- and while asking an NIH'er to accept a 14-character filesystem is undoubtedly heresy, the standard filesystem appears to be rock-solid. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org It's not too late to turn back from the "Gates" of Hell... Linux. The FREE 32-bit operating system, available NOW.