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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:57403 comp.unix.bsd:13595 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!zygot!dlb!megatest!albrecht From: albrecht@megatest.com (Dave Albrecht) Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <CMJ38u.H1r@megatest.com> Organization: Megatest Corporation References: <michaelv.763141055@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 01:45:07 GMT Lines: 17 From article <michaelv.763141055@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>, by michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon): > In <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J Camp) writes: > >>What are the relative merits of NetBSD vs. Linux? Is either >>technically superior? I suppose BSD is more portable. How difficult >>is would it be to port the Linux utilities to BSD? -David- > One factor which is vastly in favor of Linux (IMHO) which may or may not be of interest to you is that there are a raft of people producing CDROMs of the latest version of Linux, some to the extent of releasing quarterly updates for very reasonable prices. Having to download 10s of megabytes to a PC across a 14.4 modem isn't alot of fun. I would like to try Netbsd but have yet to hear of or see a single CDROM with the 0.9 release on it. I have read of a CDROM that has the latest FreeBSD on it so I might have to settle for that even though I'd rather try NetBSD. David Albrecht