Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 11:59:15 -0800 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3A58CA92.B69FBB45@home.com> References: <v04220802b67cfb78ebe0@[172.17.1.121]> <20010106114929.B15125@winternet.com> <v04220805b67d0e3b58dd@[172.17.1.121]> <3A58C7F7.617C2257@home.com>
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Sorry, I just got out of bed and still half asleep. I thought you were asking about OpenBSD :) Rob Rob wrote: > > I have OpenBSD 2.8 CD's here, and tried to install on my nephews new > IMac DV+ > > Would crash the install kernel- I think they since updated it. But if > it wont work with the latest Macs, I doubt that old ones would be > supported. If they don't physically have the hardware to test and > debug, it doesn't get supported. Just like any *nix. Rob. > > Brad Knowles wrote: > > > > At 11:49 AM -0600 2001/1/6, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > > > > > In my experience, it is NOT that bad. In fact, I have always been > > > quite pleased when using it. They have recently integrated their > > > UBC work (in NetBSD-current) and have a really cool /etc/rc setup. > > > > How stable is their -current? Any ideas when the UBC stuff will > > get integrated into their next -stable? > > > > For example, I've been studiously avoiding doing anything with > > FreeBSD-current, because I know that I don't have the time and talent > > necessary to be able to make that work, or to be able to deal with > > the problems that may result. I'd hate to be forced to go with > > NetBSD-current just to get something like UBC (although I'm not > > convinced that I'd need it or be able to make much use of it, for the > > kinds of applications I have in mind). > > > > -- > > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > > ====================================================================== > > Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV > > Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 > > Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels > > http://www.skynet.be || Belgium > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > > -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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