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From: c9020@rrzc1a (Hubert Feyrer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 4.4-lite?
Date: 6 Jul 1994 11:40:54 GMT
Organization: University of Regensburg, Germany
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Jordan Hubbard (jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie) wrote:
> 4.4Lite does NOT support the 386, that tree doesn't even compile!
> Have you even tried? A lot of work is required to bring 4.4Lite up to
> the status of an actual runnable OS, and this is what FreeBSD and
> NetBSD are both engaged in doing. As for "which is best", you'll have
> to try both for yourself and come to your own conclusions. I cannot
> answer that question for you.
Remains to say that NetBSD is develloped more quickly towards
4.4(Lite), whereas FreeBSD's a bit slower but brings up really stable
versions. Besides that, NetBSD does not only run on i[34]86 but on m68k,
VAX, MIPS, SPARC, ...
Hubert
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