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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:25464 comp.os.qnx:1849 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3545 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.qnx,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!bagpiper From: bagpiper@netcom.com (Michael Hunter) Subject: Re: QNX, Linux, or 386BSD? Message-ID: <bagpiperCwt8r2.JGE@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.qnx,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3680r1$dlu@girtab.usc.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 22:49:50 GMT Lines: 12 Po-Han Lin (plin@girtab.usc.edu) wrote: : If one has a pc compatible with a 486, which OS is the best unix : operating system? QNX, Linux, or 386BSD? Depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to explore real time or distributed programming in a POSIX environment then QNX 4 would be your choice. If you want a more generic Unix environment then you would pick one of the other 2. List some requirements and you might see some real heated religious debate :) mph -- * Michael Hunter bagpiper@netcom.com or QUICS: mphunter