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- From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey)
- Subject: Re: Opinion question? Possibly a FAQ?
- In-Reply-To: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU's message of 11 Jan 93 09:51:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <RICH.93Jan10212121@superego.Rice.edu>
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- Organization: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice
- University
- References: <pcc.726562964@s1.gov> <1irfu5INNgnh@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:21:21 GMT
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- >>>>> In article <1irfu5INNgnh@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>, rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker) writes:
- Paul> NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
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- Paul> 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.
-
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- Paul> It already is a FAQ -- once again RTFM !!! 8-(
- Paul> ... cut from part 1 of the FAQ sheet
- Paul> QUESTION: What are the pros and cons compared to 386BSD ?
-
- [useful faq stuff...]
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- Paul> | X Binaries require about 61 Meg (?)
-
- It's acutally much smaller. On 386BSD the entire unpacked static
- linked X binary distribution takes 38Mb. This will drop significantly
- when shared libraries are officially added to 386BSD.
-
- Paul> | I don't know about the sources.
-
- You need 93Mb to build the core X11R5 sources under 386BSD. The
- source archives and patches take about 30Mb if you keep them online as
- well. Rich
-