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From: cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
Date: 9 Mar 94 08:55:40
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <1994Mar9.094748.4022@swan.pyr>
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In-reply-to: iiitac@swan.pyr's message of Wed, 9 Mar 1994 09:47:48 GMT

In article <1994Mar9.094748.4022@swan.pyr> iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) writes:
>		BSD			Linux
>Shells		bash,tcsh,ksh		bash,tcsh,ksh
>X windows	Xfree86			Xfree86
>Utilities	GNU			GNU
>Compiler	GCC			GCC


That doesn't help people out who don't have i386's...

		NetBSD			Linux
		i386			i386
		amiga			amiga ("barely"?)
		Mac
		sparc
		hp300
		pc532


All the utilities in the world matter not a whit, if all you've
got is a SPARCstation and a Solaris2 CD...  8-)


chris
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chris g. demetriou                                   cgd@cs.berkeley.edu

                       you can eat anything once.