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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:25980 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3596 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 2 Oct 1994 20:31:40 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <36n5bd$ct1@herald.indirect.com> References: <36djkn$nm8@girtab.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bud.indirect.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Po-Han Lin (plin@girtab.usc.edu) wrote: : 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... : : 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? Yep. I run FreeBSD now, because it's more familiar to me. Also, I have heard from people I trust, who run Linux, that the BSD networking code is more reliable than Linux. I run FreeBSD because it's familiar, having worked with SunOS for many years. Both Linux and Net/FreeBSD are impressive. The only reliability problem I've had since the FreeBSD 1.1 release is from my VGA card over- heating, which is unrelated to the software (since it does it under OS/2 and MS-Windows also). As far as applications and hardware support, look around, see if they run what you want/have/need, and if so, you're probably makeing a safe choice. A word of caution, though: if you're seriou, get a CD-ROM drive supported by your system of choice and buy the OS on CD-ROM. It'll save you a ton of work. I know, I've done it the hard way several times: NetBSD 0.9, Linux, and FreeBSD 1.0 all ftp'd to work and loaded onto floppies. When FreeBSD 1.1 was released, I broke down and bought a $40 network card, which made it somewhat less painful. I'm going to buy a cd-rom when 2.0 comes out later this month. ;^) If you have enough disk space, or can buy another disk, get both and decide for yourself. I have two disks, 340M and 424M, on my machine, running DOS+Win, OS/2, and FreeBSD all. Wes Peters