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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:25:37 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 22 Message-ID: <49tf61$hm4@zuul.nmti.com> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <30BD2617.23585C28@mcs.net> <49k0dd$pfg@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29054 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9741 comp.unix.advocacy:11677 comp.unix.misc:19797 In article <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu>, BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM <bl03@uwrf.edu> wrote: > : 6) Linux's chaotic development scares me. This is probably largely due > : to the newsgroup exposure and all the OOPS I see posted on the odd > : kernel revisions. > <shrug> If you maked BSD alpha/beta kernels public you would see the same > results. Uh, they do. In fact if you want you can run on a running copy of whatever the hell they're working on. Not even guaranteed bootable. And you don't need to join no guild. Or you can run on the "-stable" copy. Or you can run on snapshots released a couple of times a month. IF you want to. > Does BSD release a major change per year for kernels and packages? A new "production" release comes out slightly more often than that. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them