Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:23:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Gunter Geis <geis@physik.uni-frankfurt.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Differents between FreeBSD and NetBSD Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960429111421.3368A-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9604291104.AA20924@apx08.physik.uni-frankfurt.de>
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On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Gunter Geis wrote: > What I want to know is what is the different between > FreeBSD and NetBSD.Is there a big different or is it > only the name wich one is the better choice for Amiga > Computers or PC-Clones? > If I want to built a small local net of Computers > would it be better to take NetBSD because there is > the netsupport build in or is it equal? > Maybe you can give me some informations. > Thanks a lot NetBSD and FreeBSD are relatively friendly, competing camps, differing is philosophy. The NetBSD people want to support a wide array of different machines, so NetBSD is available for many different computers. FreeBSD concentrates on the Intel processor family, so FreeBSD folks have more time to devote to making their one platform support very good. If you're thinking about computers using Intel processors, I'd choose FreeBSD, and if you're thinking about making a lot of disparate platforms work, well, NetBSD. The 'Net' in NetBSD doesn't mean networking, both NetBSD and FreeBSD have excellent networking support. Both groups share code when it makes sense, but there's room for competing approaches to common problems, so often there are differences in the way that FreeBSD and NetBSD do things. Don't expect them to look exactly (or work exactly) alike. ========================================================================== Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu, I run FreeBSD-current on n3lxx + Journey2 Three Accounts for the Super-users in the sky, Seven for the Operators in their halls of fame, Nine for Ordinary Users doomed to crie, One for the Illegal Cracker with his evil game In the Domains of Internet where the data lie. One Account to rule them all, One Account to watch them, One Account to make them all and in the network bind them.
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