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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!news.jsums.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!voyager.iii.org.tw!news From: Erick González <ergonzal@colomsat.net.co> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 22:44:50 -0500 Organization: SEEDNET InterNetNews News System Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3161F432.75BD5CDA@colomsat.net.co> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4jq559$jk3@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shts.seed.net.tw Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.3.79 i486) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2759 comp.os.linux.development.system:20684 comp.os.linux.setup:49021 BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM wrote: > > John Pham (johnp@octel.com) wrote: > : I'm planning to get a unix for a Pentium...but which one should I buy? Linux slackware > : or NetBSD? does Linux support all the library calls as BSD? how stable are they? > : I have a limited disk space, and probably would install only one of them. > : > Look at FreeBSD vs RedHat..I feel that they are a better match. =) > Anways, I belive that Linux has all the BSD library calls...I seem to beable > to compile a large amount of BSD code without too much problems..There are > some TCP-IP header differences. > > : Some of the features I'm looking for > : > : - multiple ethernet cards (PCI bus prefered) > Good question..I think you have to decide on a card-by card basis. I > believe that Linux has PCI 3com support. > > : - large drivers for different smart io cards > Umm...You talking like "Multi-IO" cards? =) We have a few of them for .. You can get Linux support at your local candy shop. That makes the difference.