Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:12:51 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: John Smith <johnjgsmith@gmail.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd Message-ID: <47362CE3.5060600@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <e1ca25ac0711101345o6579dabcgf5ac96d6481099c2@mail.gmail.com> References: <e1ca25ac0711091501p6adca6a4j68d902b455e0f2f2@mail.gmail.com> <20071110154011.GB2060@kobe.laptop> <e1ca25ac0711101345o6579dabcgf5ac96d6481099c2@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > >> On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith <johnjgsmith@gmail.com> 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
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