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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:8389 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6772 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!tulane!uno.edu!CAJHO From: cajho@uno.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 12 Nov 1993 02:54:34 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2butta$jqc@news.cs.tulane.edu> References: <2brq1b$a8j@news.ysu.edu> <2bs065$1gd@news.cs.tulane.edu>,<CGC6nH.J08@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <2btv9t$4nb@news.cs.tulane.edu>,<2bui0j$blb@fw.novatel.ca> Reply-To: cajho@uno.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: jazz.ucc.uno.edu >I don't know about FreeBSD but there's things I can do with NetBSD that >can't be done with Linux. The relevance of which is going to be different >for everyone: > >Run it on a Mac >Run it on an Amiga >Run it on an hp300 >Run it on a pc532 >Run it on a Sparc >(plus all the other platforms that are coming) >Run Sun-OS binaries. >Run real shared libraries. Sun-OS binaries? Please elaborate...will this allow access to much commercial software? Real shared libraries? How are Linux's unreal? What is the diff. between the *BSD libs and Linux's libs? >(And some other things I can't remember now :-> ) > >-- >hpeyerl@novatel.ca | NovAtel Commnications Ltd. >hpeyerl@fsa.ca | <nothing I say matters anyway> > <NetBSD: A drinking group with a serious computing problem!> -- Craig Johnston | Cavitas in dentibus facimus! cajho@uno.edu | Cavitas in dentibus facimus!