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From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen)
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:21:50 GMT
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buddy@eskimo.com (Steven Horn) writes:

>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.

[Note: This is for NetBSD]
This certainly depends on which things you want in the kernel.
My kernel which includes the debugger is ~460k.
The -current GENERICAHA which includes IDE/SCSI, lots of different
ethernet ctlrs etc. is ~560k

>>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??

What do you plan to run on the system , and how many concurrent users ?

regards
kim
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