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From: othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID: <R8m2Jc1w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 08:39:02 +800
References: <2n9f90$9em@great-miami.iac.net>
Organization: Telekom Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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skyhook@iac.net (Chris Thompson) writes:
>
> Is there MS-DOG Emulation? ( until I see quicken for Linux, I need DOS apps)
> Will WABI/WINE work there? (I'd love to see Word for Windows under X)
> is there iBCS2 support? (In ALPHA for Linux, run SCO binaries)
>
How good are all these? I tried the MSDOS emulation before but it was so full
of bugs and limited that I'd rather reboot.
Linux is full of these experimental features and they keep on piling them
quickly without much thought. Soo Linux will be overwhelmed. It now has many
versions of file systems but still none with the capablility of FFS because
Linus hate it.
The last time I studied Linux networking code, it was adapted Net/2
code with hacks to make it work for Linux. Otherwise how could they get those
networking utilities up so quickly.
> Linux > BSD .
Don't be fooled by features that you do not need. Keep it slim and bug free.
Linux is ONLY for X86, whereas BSD is for ALL. If you want a toy to play with,
go for Linux, but if you want to go on to greater things, try BSD.
SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star
hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters,
BUT for how long will it last?
Disclaimer: I only speak for myself