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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:25600 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3552 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!psuvax1!news.pop.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!usc!not-for-mail From: plin@girtab.usc.edu (Po-Han Lin) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? Date: 28 Sep 1994 22:34:15 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 23 Sender: plin@girtab.usc.edu Message-ID: <36djkn$nm8@girtab.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: girtab.usc.edu Keywords: mosaic term telnet Ok, I didn't know QNX costs major money. So I am considering either 386bsd or linux. One person said I should get linux because 386bsd is monolithic (controlled I guess), while linux is non-monolithic. Now the question is, which os better? Better as in... 1) least bugs, and stable IMPORTANT! 2) more software available that runs on it 3) faster 4) more compliance to POSIX (I think standards are good, or am I wrong) 5) more people using it. 6) more support for third-party hardware (VLB, EISA, modems, etc) IMPORTANT! 7) platform for programming. I hope someone can seriously asnwer these questions. Note that Im not trying to start a flame. I appropriately crossposted only to the relevant newsgroups that discuss these two operating systems. I don't want to waste time downloading 50 or so megabytes and find out that the other OS is better. Has anyone actually used both systems? -- Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û ²°°°°°°°°°°°±±±±±±±±±±±²²²²²²²²²²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²²²²²²²²²±±±±±±±±±±±°°°°°°°°°°°² ±°°°°°°°°°°°±±±±±±±±±±±²²²²²²²²²²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²²²²²²²²²±±±±±±±±±±±°°°°°°°°°°°± °±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°±²Û²±°