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From: buddy@eskimo.com (Steven Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
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Date: 12 Mar 94 16:27:36 GMT
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gpalmer@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gary J Palmer C.S.3) writes:


>*BSD : Lots of easily available C progs to compile & run easily.
>       Bigger kernel, so more memory needed.

>Linux: Pain to get some (most?) BSD progs to work.
>       Smaller kernel, can run comfortably in 4Mb's.

How much memory do you recommend to run *BSD??