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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 21 Mar 1997 12:06:53 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5gupot$edc@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5gpvf8$4h1$1@usenet.logical.net> <5gqtse$2am@news.sockets.net> <ysd67yma8a1.fsf@tuborg.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:165631 comp.os.linux.advocacy:89379 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2863 In article <ysd67yma8a1.fsf@tuborg.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>, Urs Thuermann <thuerman@tuborg.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> wrote: >kturvey@pug1.SprocketShop.com (Kenneth P. Turvey) writes: > >> I was running NetBSD previously. I honestly think NetBSD is more >> mature. The operating system seems more complete.. > >Could you tell more about the difference. What is missing in Linux or >in what respect do you think it is more immature? It's all internal stuff, really. The code in the NetBSD kernel is, for the most part, much more elegant. But it's nothing you'd ever notice or even worry about if you're not a kernel hacker and don't intend to become one. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.