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Subject: Re: freebsd,netbsd,openbsd
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Here are the diferences;


FreeBSD
     pros:
         a. The most popular of the two
         b. Has the most support
         c. More compatibility and more Docs
         d. SMP support
     cons:
         a. Linux emulation needs work (it's great, but not perfect)
            however, linux emulation on FreeBSD *may* prove to have
            greater results than Net & OpenBSD
         b. Intel (i386) and alpha archs only (so far)
OpenBSD
      pros:
         a. *By default* the most secure BSD OS out-of-the-box
             (of the three)
         b. Mult-platformed
         c. Better security due to less popularity
         d. has a better way of dealing with sound than FreeBSD (my          
    opinion)
      cons:
         a.  No SMP support (yet)
         b.  Incompatibities with FreeBSD ports
         c.  Lacks all the ports of FreeBSD (less *ported* apps              
specifially for OpenBSD)
         d.  OpenBSD is a 6 month old copy of NetBSD
NetBSD
      pros:
         a.  Multi-platformed
         b.  more people run it than OpenBSD
         c.  I believe it is the *Prefered-OS* of BSD on macs
         d.  More support than OpenBSD for ports/apps
      cons:
         a.  SMP support??? (is there any??)
         b.  Incompatibilities with FreeBSD ports
         c.  Open & NetBSD require more config than FreeBSD
         d.  Not as popular as FreeBSD but more popular than openbsd

Now a lot of people will probably bitch about what I've said.  But if you 
search the net you will find it to be *totally-true*.  You will probably end 
up using NetBSD on your mac.  Screw MacOS X!!!




>Hello all
>I'm a long-time mac enthusiast, now unix enthusiast and I work at a
>major isp. I've recently become interested in bsd because it is the
>foundation of the upcoming MacOS X and wanted to ask the member of this
>list if they thought there were substantial differences between the
>various bsd's from an administration point of view. For example, I'm
>having difficulty with a netBSD install on an older mac I have. Is
>netBSD all that different from freeBSD? I really don't have any
>perspective yet and hoped someone on this list could shed some light for
>me ;-)
>
>Jim k
>
>
>
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