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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!hermes.oc.com!news.unt.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.hal.COM!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: FreeBSD, NetBSD, 386BSD, Linux: What are they? Message-ID: <jmonroyCvsnJ4.FEq@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <34jiko$sl9@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 04:37:51 GMT Lines: 35 Moon, Gwi (moongw@ece.arizona.edu) wrote: : I have a naive question about different but frequently used together : operating systems, FreeBSD, NetBSD, 386BSD, Linux. : Could anyone explain them in terms of differences, hardware platforms, : and developers? : FreeBSD, NetBSD and 386BSD are all based on similar and very closely related source trees. All are derivatives of BSD UNIX. Most applications that run on one *BSD system will run on any other *BSD system without much effort. Linux is based on a completely new write for a System 5 type UNIX. Many programs that run on Linux run on the *BSD varients, but they are not binary compatible - by any means (to my knowledge). ALL systems support similar hardware platforms, namely IBM AT style machines with an i386 CPU (or compatible). NetBSD is the exception, it supports many platfoms. Please ask NetBSD people for a list of supported hardware. A developer is best supported by LINUX, however, I am a 386BSD developer, so I have my preference. After Linux, one might chose FreeBSD or NetBSD, and 386BSD -- in that order -- as a development platform. My opinion -- other people differ as to platform preference. -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________