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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD Date: 30 Nov 1995 15:55:53 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 25 Message-ID: <49kk69$6es@zuul.nmti.com> References: <30BC9A25.485989E8@sun.felk.cvut.cz> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com In article <30BC9A25.485989E8@sun.felk.cvut.cz>, Hnipak <xpour@sun.felk.cvut.cz> wrote: > I've been using linux for some time and I feel I'd like to try > other unices and these two - FreeBSD and NetBSD - came to my mind > first. I hope I'm not totally wrong when posting to this group... > So, what are the diferences in getting them, copying policies, > hardware requirements, comparing running them as net servers and > as 'single' user workstations, ... thanks a LOT... FreeBSD and NetBSD (and OpenBSD) are similar in many ways to the different Linux distributions (Red Hat, Debian, Yggdrasil, etc). NetBSD pushes the fact that they have lots of ports to different architectures, and a cleaner kernel to support these ports. FreeBSD pushes the quality of their 80[3456]86 implementation, number of drivers, ported software, ease of installation, and so on. OpenBSD seems to be a NetBSD spinoff. There used to be another version called 386BSD but nobody's heard of that one in a long time. There's also a commercial system called BSD/386 from BSDI... Disclaimer: I use and support FreeBSD, and run BSD/386 on one system here at work. -- 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