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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!agate!news.ucsc.edu!ese.UCSC.EDU!not-for-mail From: tgs@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas Gunnar Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD vs Linux Date: 1 Apr 1997 02:28:46 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5hprsu$89c@darkstar.ucsc.edu> References: <859744742.6285.0@isotoxin.demon.co.uk> <87g1xccy6p.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> <33402E44.41C6@btv.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-16colors PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38163 : Are there any comparisons (or FAQs) that discuss the differences : between NetBSD and Linux on a DEC Alpha ? I sorta wonder why this is on a FreeBSD newsgroup, but ok.. One thing is that Linux has the floppy drives working... OpenBSD has a better base of support for the alpha as well, it supports way more hardware... Other than the *BSD linux differences, I haven't seen much...