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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: Is MINIX much better than LINUX?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.003903.2834@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:39:03 GMT
- References: <1992Dec12.034538.14723@netcom.com> <1992Dec12.090926.28084@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <Bz76pu.AE0@cs.vu.nl>
- Organization: Global Village 1
- Lines: 39
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- philip@cs.vu.nl (Philip Homburg) writes:
-
- >If your hardware doesn't run linux, linux simply isn't an option.
-
- That's deep...
-
- >Of course these features are also offered by the Unix that runs on the
- >computers at your university, and mostlikely, the computers there are
- >also faster and otherwise better equipped than your computer at home.
- >(At least the computers at my university are).
-
- More wise words...
-
- >Now, if you only want to write programs using existing tools, you should
- >look for Solaris 2.1 or SVR4 (maybe your university can get a site license,
- >including machines at home), Linux or 386BSD (or BSDI), and finally
- >Minix or Coherent.
-
- >On the other hand, you are interrested in kernel hacking, Minix is a much
- >better choice, since it is much smaller and easier to understand.
-
- Well, I have looked in both the kernels and I think it is easier to find my
- way in the Linux kernel than in the MINIX kernel.
-
- >And
- >most important, since it lacks all the features mentioned by Linus, you
- >actually do something useful.
-
- There is still a lot of useful things that can be done in Linux. E.g. a ufs.
-
- >Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
- >Vrije Universiteit / Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci. +31 20 5483546
- >Amoeba project / De Boelelaan 1081A
- >1081 HV Amsterdam / The Netherlands
-
- You're biased of course...
-
- Groetjes,
- Peter Busser
-