From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 22:11:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBC216A417 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3213D13C48A for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAAMBaAO018436 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:11:36 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.249] (lodovico.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.249]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAAMBZ05007128 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:11:36 -0800 Message-ID: <47362CE3.5060600@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:12:51 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Smith References: <20071110154011.GB2060@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.10.135026 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CP_POSSIBLE_EXPLOIT_SUBJ 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:11:48 -0000 John Smith wrote: > I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is > a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I > don't have a spare machine? > > My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called > FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a reasonable question and > expect a reasonable reply...? > > > > On Nov 10, 2007 9:40 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith wrote: >> >>> Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between >>> nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. >>> >>> They all seem to be doing the same (creating a minimal FreeBSD image >>> that can be used in embedded systems), or is this not right? >>> >> What don't you experiment with them, and see? :) Please read the explanations on each page. You'll find that they differ as follows: http://www.tinybsd.org/tinybsd -- TinyBSD (I emphasize the words "tools", "scripts", "development", and "dynamically linked"). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/index.html -- nanobsd (sounds like a complete, read-only system). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoBSD -- picobsd (obsolete; replaced by nanobsd according to the Wiki page). -Garrett