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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD... Message-ID: <id.O5SL1.SP6@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <3uktse$d9c@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:27:55 GMT Lines: 22 In article <3uktse$d9c@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at>, Martin Birgmeier <martin@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > 2) FreeBSD developers are more or less reinventing the wheel, and even > that wheel is basically from the stone-age of OSs as well... I > understand that there is going a large amount of effort into making > FreeBSD an advanced Unix system (unified buffer cache comes to mind), > but basically it's still the same old story. FreeBSD *is* an advanced UNIX system. > 1) In order to separate FreeBSD from the rest of the free Unix efforts, > merge with Lites as developed by Johannes Helander *as soon as > possible* I would rather not. FreeBSD runs in 4M of RAM. It's totally solid and fast with X in 16M. Going to Lites will probably double the kernel size and make a serious impact on memory requirements. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U` 1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?"