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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2780 comp.os.linux.misc:20087 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!mozart.amil.jhu.edu!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!not-for-mail From: fox@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Priya Prabhakar) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Date: 20 Jul 1994 19:33:38 -0400 Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <30kc8iINNb57@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> <1994Jul18.093302.19670@wmichgw> <30e4dr$jno@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu In article <30e4dr$jno@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> ewt@merengue.unc.edu (Erik Troan) writes: >In article <1994Jul18.093302.19670@wmichgw>, >Patrick Khoo <31khoo@wmich.edu> wrote: >2) BSD has a crowded namespace. Should you install 386BSD, FreeBSD, or NetBSD? > They're all similiar, they just happen to be different. There's only one > Linux kernel. That pretty amazing when you consider the Linux copyleft > encourages rival systems. There has been incredible cohesion in the kernel > community (Linus has done a wonderfull job keeping it together). > Coincidentally...I've been reading this group for this same reason. Could someone please shed some light on the differences between 386BSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD? I was actually planning to install one of them, but I wasn't sure which to install :)