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From: othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Great Expectation
Keywords: BSD
Message-ID: <JmcZFc1w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 94 08:40:42 +800
References: <CJEson.M2w@eng_ser1.ie.cuhk.hk>
Organization: Telekom Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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hkng2@cuse1.se.cuhk.hk (Ng Hin-Kwong Benson) writes:
I used the 386bsd 0.1 with XFree 1.2. Usually I use gcc 1.39 but I was able
to use gcc 2.2.2
Compiled my 386bsd with 16 pty(pseudo terminals, good for X windows). Each
pty consumes some memory.
There is no problem with 4Mbyte 386 but if you only have 2 Mbyte, you can still
run programs but it is very slow for large programs.
> BSD is good but what's the point if I cant even use it with 4MB
> ram in even just a text mode?!
386 BSD and Linux which comes with sources codes, can be configured to be any
size you want it to be.
FreeBSD uses more memory because it has extras in its kernel, like
DOS file system, which I do not like,
because mtools can substitute it nicely.
You also may save some RAM by using shared libs. I'm using one but not for all
my binaries, only for newly compiled ones.
In conclusion, Coherent is heavily advertised but it can never beat *BSD
functionality, flexibility and even support. After all, you have the source
codes.
About well balanced Coherent, it is just advertising hype, you can
balance the *BSD in any way you like.
About bugs, how can you be so sure that Coherent has no bugs. Just
learn to live with them, for the moment, unless you have lots of money.
SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star
hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters,
BUT for how long will it last?
Disclaimer: I only speak for myself