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- From: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Opinion question? Possibly a FAQ?
- Keywords: linux, 386bsd
- Message-ID: <1irfu5INNgnh@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 09:51:01 GMT
- References: <pcc.726562964@s1.gov>
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- pcc@s1.gov (Philip C. Cox) writes:
-
- >I am new to Intel-UNIX systems, I currently administer a network with
- >Sun's, HP's, SGI's, and Mips (mostly Suns though, 10:1) so I am knowledgable
- >with BSD & a little SYS V unix. I am upgrading my home machine and have
- >decided to run unix on a partition, and was wondering what (if any ) the
- >significant differences are between linux & 386bsd. If there are diffs,
- >are there specific users that favor a certain system. I know this is
- >subjective, but all opinions will be gladly accepted.
-
-
- >Thanks for the Info,
-
- >Phil
-
- It already is a FAQ -- once again RTFM !!! 8-(
-
- ... cut from part 1 of the FAQ sheet
-
-
- QUESTION: What are the pros and cons compared to 386BSD ?
-
- ANSWER: Linux and 386BSD started out as completely different projects,
- with completely different goals and design criteria in mind. Personally,
- my experience with 386BSD has shown that :
- (a) its TCP/IP is more stable, and seems to work (on my NE2000 card,
- which Linux doesn't support yet), but
- (b) the interface and "feel" just wern't the same as Linux (which I liked
- better :) ). You'll have to try it out for yourself. Here's information
- from comp.unix.bsd, September 1992:
-
- | This is a free BSD for the 386. It does NFS and X.
- | Grab it from agate.berkeley.edu (128.32.136.1).
- | Bill Jolitz is writing a book on it.
- |
- | It has a neat, small kernel, and is stable enough to run for a week or
- | more without crashing/hanging. It works fine with 4MB RAM and 80MB
- | disk. Running X however needs 8MB RAM, and supports only vanilla VGA.
- | The TCP/IP implementation in this is functional, but not optimised.
- | This means that FTP throughput is about 5KB/sec on Ethernet, when
- | almost anything else gives you about 70KB to 100KB per second.
- |
- | Read comp.unix.bsd. That is almost entirely Jolitz's 386BSD now.
- |
- | 3. How much disk space for:
- | *kernel
- | *X
- | *source to kernel
- | *source to X
- | Binary only: 49 M (30 disk, 5 swap, 14 extraction)
- | Source: 125 M (49 bin, 37 disk, +6 extraction, 25 recompile)
- | User software: +51 M
- |
- | X Binaries require about 61 Meg (?)
- | I don't know about the sources.
-
-
- To conclude this Q/A wrt Linux vs 386BSD, you should read the Linux News
- Issue #5 of L. Wirzenius, where a true story of Mark W. Eichin is
- reported.
-
- _________________________________________________
-
- ... end of cut from FAQ.
-
- Paul.
-