Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 23:36:43 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions.... Message-ID: <35C2A96B.21171C81@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980730150814.730A-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
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Brett Taylor wrote:
> ----------------------FreeBSD portion of the chart---------------------
>
> Release 2.2.7
> Based on BSD-4.4
Based on 4.4 BSD Lite (in case any lawyers read this)
> Date of release July 28, 1998
>
> Cost
> ------
> Cost $39.95 (for any number of users)
Cost Free - CD-ROM media available
for $5 - $40
> Software Development kit included
>
> Supported standards
> -------------------
> Unix branding none
Perhaps we should come up with our own brand
that will encompass BSD-derived systems?
> Security none
> #Other ?? UFS ?? (they have the Linux File system
> listed)
none - Linux File System Standard is a standard
for file system layout. We *could* show a list
of RFCs a mile long, if you really want to put
something here. ;^)
> System Limits
> -------------
> Minimum CPU 80386
386sx ;^)
> # Min/Max RAM 5 MB/ ?? at least 1 GB ??
> Minimum disk 60 MB
> # Maximum supported CPU's 1 (what's the max in current???)
> Available Clustering none
>
> Hardware support
> ----------------
> ISA/PCI/EISA yes
> # IDE modes supported PIO 1-4 ?
IDE modes supported PIO 1-4, UDMA
> Microchannel no
> ISA "Plug-n-play" yes
> PC cards (PCMIA) limited
> I20 no
> Tape/CDROM jukeboxes yes
> Hot swap cards no
> Sound cards many
> Scanners some
> Video capture limited
>
> Filesystems
> ------------
> Standard type UFS
> # Journaling no ?
Definitely no.
> # Maximum file/partition size 2 GB/512 GB (in current - ref Dyson email
> in mail list archive - stable
> # ?)
> Fast check/repair no
> Disk mirroring yes
> Per-user disk quotas yes
> Multi-disk filesystem yes
> # Available RAID levels 0,1, others?
> Mount DOS/CDROM filesystem yes/yes
> Support RockRidge/Joliet CDROM yes/yes
> # Backup software included BRU ??
tar, pax, cpio, dump/restore
(If they count "MSBackup" as backup software,
*any* of the above will do)
> # Maximum filesystem swap area ?
> Hot swap disk support no
>
> Installation
> ------------
> Native package format pkg_add (in tgz)
> Also reads none
> # Can query/validate packages yes? (I'm not sure what he means here)
yes - pkg_info is a query tool
> # Floppyless install if using no (is this right?)
> bootable CDROM
yes (works like a charm)
> # Floppies required (min/max) 1/( for everything? - TONS - I think I saw
> Greg Lehey say this was around 1400
> w/ the ports collection)
> Install from remote TCP server yes
> Install from remote IPX server no
> # Express choices available ? not sure what this means ?
yes - the novice and custom installations
save quite a few questions vs. the 'expert'
installation
>
> Development
> -----------
> C Compiler included in base (gcc)
> Generates FreeBSD a.out (ELF in 3.0)
> Standard debugging tools gdb,xxgdb
> # Integrated development envir. ?
xwpe, Emacs (ouch! turn that flame down, dag
nabit!)
> Java Development Kit yes
> # Available Java tools in house or is this 3rd party?
Isn't the Sun Java IDE running (or at least
limping)
with jdk-1.1.6?
> POSIX-compliant shell bash available (csh is not POSIX right?)
> Perl yes
> Other Scripting languages Python, Scheme, Tcl
>
> GUI
> ----
> X Server supplied XFree86
> Std. GUI environment in development (X-desktop contest)
twm + xterm. Better ones to follow, after the
contest.
> Optional environments KDE, AfterStep, WindowMaker, Blackbox, FVWM*,
> icewm, etc
ctwm, olvwm, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
> Standard toolkit (depends)
Athena
> Optional X toolkits Gtk, Tk, Qt, Motif, Lesstif
>
> Connectivity
> ------------
> NFS server/client yes/yes
> NIS server/client yes/yes
> NetWare server/client yes/yes (netcon)
> CIFS (SMB) server/client yes/yes (Samba)
> Bootp/DHCP yes/yes
> Macintosh networking yes
>
> Network services
> ----------------
> Standard web server Apache
> Optional web server Netscape (BSDi under emulation)
> Telnet server/client yes/yes
> Network Address Translation yes
> Firewall services yes
> Base SMTP server sendmail
> Optional SMTP server qmail
smail, smtpd, exim (my ISP uses this and loves
it)
> POP/IMAP server yes
yes, several: qpopper, cucipop, imap-uw, cyrus
> Mailing list management yes (majordomo)
> # Windows Internet Name Server ?
Does Samba include this now?
> Internet Domain Name Server yes
> PPP client/server yes/yes
> # DCE yes?
>
> Emulation
> ---------
> # Windows 3.1 no?
> Windows95/98/NT limited (Wine)
> DOS yes (pcemu in 2.2.7, rundos in 3.0)
> SCO UnixWare/OpenServer/Xenix yes
> Linux ELF yes
> Other BSDi,NetBSD
>
> System administration
> ---------------------
> GUI-Based no
> Character-Based yes
> Web-Based no
> Enterprise Network Admin optional (scotty)
> # Printed manuals ? do they mean a paper manual or man pages
Yes - "The Complete FreeBSD", O'Reilly 4.4 BSD
manuals, plus on-line man pages
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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