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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13342 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3523 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD Message-ID: <jmonroyCwKFI2.6C0@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <358o3g$p95@umd5.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 04:37:13 GMT Lines: 57 OK... guys.. please no flames. Alok K. Dhir (adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu) wrote: : I hate to ask this question, but I really need to make a decision on a Free : unix soon. I am currently running FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, and am happy overall. : I understand that NetBSD 1.0 will soon be released. I am curious as to : the advantages of one over the other. Do they match one another feature : for feature? What is NetBSD based on, BSD 4.3 or 4.4/lite? : 386bsd Release 1.0 is report to be ready soon. To be quite clear on this, the delay is now in it's fourth month. When will 386bsd R1.0 be ready? That's almost an oxymoron question. You'll know when I know... that's the best I can say for now. : I have found compiling things for FreeBSD is sometimes a bit of a chore : (as compared to Linux and NeXTStep, which I also run), especially : since there is usually not a default config for it (for example, with : gcc, pine, and misc others). Is netbsd in the same boat? : Since Bill Jolitz is the original author of 386bsd and the basis for FreeBSD and NetBSD, it is safe to assume that porting should be an easy task. : The machines are ASUS 486/66 motherboards with ATI Graphics Ultra Pro PCI : 2mb graphics boards and onboard PCI SCSI. I have purchased SMC Ultra 16T : NICs for use with these machines. As far as I know, FreeBSD supports : this configuration (has NCR PCI drivers, and supports the BB2016 multi- : port serial card). Does NetBSD have support for my hardware configuration : as well (if it doesn't, my decision is easy ;-). : On your list of hardware I can say that 386bsd does *NOT* support that architecture at this time. : FreeBSD 2.0 is just around the corner as well (perhaps not as close as : NetBSD), but I need things up and running in the next month or so. Are : there any compelling reasons to wait to FreeBSD 2.0 instead of using NetBSD : 1.0 when its released? : There are as many reasons to wait for 386bsd R1.0 as any of the others. : Last question - where are the NetBSD mailing lists? : Lists for 386bsd are maintained, at this time, by the Jolitzs' -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________