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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!paladin.american.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!144.80.128.13!grove.iup.edu!pyld Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: decstation 5000/133: linux/MIPS, OpenBSD/pmax or NetBSD/pmax Message-ID: <slrn5rif8p.rs7.pyld@spike.cc.iup.edu> From: pyld@grove.iup.edu (Matthew Schnierle) Date: 1 Jul 97 13:23:37 EST References: <867662387.22833@dejanews.com> <33b787ba.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Nntp-Posting-Host: spike.cc.iup.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.1 UNIX) Lines: 38 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:103984 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6196 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3629 comp.unix.ultrix:29049 In article <33b787ba.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de>, Michael Engel wrote: [snip] >The largest difference between NetBSD and OpenBSD on the DECstation is that >NetBSD lacked support for shared libraries last time I checked. The current set of snapshots on ftp.netbsd.org all support shared libs. 1.3 should (will?) have shared-lib support. Worst case--grab a new snapshot and a copy of the -current source. [snip] >: - Which-one has the best 'support' (read: most programs, most users). > >Most free software should compile on either system. Commercial software is >not available for any of the three. OpenBSD claim to have an Ultrix binary >compatibility mode, but we weren't able to get the kernel compiled with >compatibility enabled. Hmm, it seems to work in NetBSD's -current--I wonder why OpenBSDs does'nt. I did'nt know that Thomas changed much from the original code.... >Note that the installation of either NetBSD or OpenBSD is by far not as >easy as Ultrix installation, but you get advantages like NFS V3 etc ... This is true. OpenBSD has a nice script, which walks you thru the process (After, of course, the simpleroot has been booted). The NetBSD/pmax list has rumblings now and again about a similar setup. Nevertheless, taking the time to install either gets you a "modern" (instead of early-90s) unix... -- -Matthew Schnierle -pyld@grove.iup.edu -http://www.iup.edu/~pyld/ -Member, Programmers Local 1036--AFL-CPIO. -Stomp out Internet Spam. http://www.vix.com/spam/