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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:26892 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3720 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jeffpk From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman) Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? Message-ID: <jeffpkCx4wtM.B64@netcom.com> Keywords: mosaic term telnet Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <36djkn$nm8@girtab.usc.edu> <36nd1u$d80@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 06:03:21 GMT Lines: 23 In article <36nd1u$d80@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >In article <36djkn$nm8@girtab.usc.edu>, Po-Han Lin <plin@girtab.usc.edu> wrote: >>386bsd is monolithic (controlled I guess), while linux is non-monolithic. > >You were misinformed. Both Linux and the BSD's use monolithic kernels. >For a fun discussion of this, there is a series of articles were Linus >and Andy Tanenbaum 'discussed' the merits of both of these when Linux >was in it's infancy. > > >Nate Actually, as I understand it, this was not what the poster was talkign about. From his parenthetical statement, I think he's referring to the fact that Linux is being developed openly by a large group, while FreeBSD is controlled and dvevloped by one fairly closed group. (I don't know if thsi is true, BTW., I've just heard thsi claim before.) I think the poster just misused the term 'monolithic', though I coudl be wrong... Jeff Kesselman