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Xref: sserve comp.os.minix:22334 comp.os.386bsd.misc:479 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3158 comp.os.linux:44084 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!boulder!tigger!atk From: atk@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Alan Krantz) Subject: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc Message-ID: <1993Jun19.125224.17510@colorado.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: tigger.cs.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 12:52:24 GMT Lines: 35 Hi- i've been considering purchashing a pc and running one of minix, bsd-386 and linux and have a few questions: In genreal is the recommended hardware (i.e, which type of disk - scsi, rll, ... work esp well), same for video, bus (isa, eisa, ...) and so on. Are there other unix like operating systems that should be considered? How does linux compare to other public domain unix like os - such as 386bsd and minix-386 in terms of features and performance. As i understand it, in the near future pc based on risc chips such as alpha and mips rs4400 will be available at prices similar to today top end 486. What are the chances that these operating systems will run on these processors (how much of the kernel is assembly and hardware dependent and how much of it is generic machine independent C code) ? How difficult is it to "hack" the kernel given an indept knowledge of os principals? I.e, if i want to add custom system calls or additional security features ? (I have hacked a little on unix version 6 and found it trivial to do this sort of stuff). Should i post this notice on another newsgroup ? Please send replies to me as this is a cross post. If there is enough interest i will post a summary of the replies in a week or so. Thank You, alan krantz