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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:10765 comp.unix.bsd:13564 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Date: 11 Mar 1994 18:36:07 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 36 Message-ID: <2lqdmn$153@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <ARNEJ.94Mar9134803@supernova.pvv.unit.no> <1994Mar10.120646.14144@swan.pyr> <DHOLLAND.94Mar10205415@husc7.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <DHOLLAND.94Mar10205415@husc7.harvard.edu>, David Holland <dholland@husc7.harvard.edu> wrote: > >iiitac@swan.pyr's message of Thu, 10 Mar 1994 12:06:46 GMT said: > > > Linux networking is more powerful but less stable in some areas. > > Anyway you [*BSD] have a 15 year advantage.. and compatibility by > > default. > >Don't forget that a 15 year advantage also means 15 years of >accumulated cruft. *WRONG* >NetBSD (and the other 386 BSDs) require more system >than Linux does. *WRONG* With the current shlib implementation, the system requirements for FreeBSD are the same or less as those of Linux. However, the installation process for Linux is such that it's easier to install 'pieces and parts' of the system as separate units rather than the 'whole shooting match' that the FreeBSD install does. This will be dealt with in the future, but at this point in time it's not possible to install FreeBSD with as little disk space as Linux. However, don't confuse install problems with system requirements. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.