jkunz skrev:
>On 20 May, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>[installing NetBSD or 4.4BSD or 4.3BSD-Reno on a hp300]
>> Why 4.4BSD? Does it offer any advantage over NetBSD?
>It is older. ;-)
>It allways depends on your needs.
> - If you want a modern *ix OS, NetBSD is what you want. NetBSD is a
> nice, pure and small but complete Unix. It is my faforit OS.
Not mine, but I've installed it on lots of machines. It's really an odd habit
of mine, I collect the most disparate computers, then make them as similar as
possible running the same OS.
> - If you want the OS this machine was build with, HP-UX is wat you
> want. HP-UX is a bit, hmm? I don't like it that much.
I don't like what I've seen of it either, but I suppose that its hardware
support is better than NetBSD.
> - If you are interrested in the history of software, und / or you are
> a BSD Unix geek like me, some old 4.x BSD is what you want. I have
> several (ca. 30) *ix machines around here, most of them running
> NetBSD. So it is very interresting to work with some historic BSD
> releases on machines of the same vintage to see how things evolved.
> An other reason could be that NetBSD (1.5) got a bit "bloated" and it
> does not run that fast on a slower machine like a MicroVAX II or
> hp320. But that does'nt bother you if you own a hp380.
I supposed that NetBSD would be almost identical with (to?) 4.4BSD.
I'm aware of the 1.5 bloat problem, and I think it's a serious matter for a
multiplatform OS like NetBSD. The pmax port has been contaminated as well.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
> well, maybe if it contained ChibiChibi-JarJar pairing..<seg>
Okay, so now I'm thinking about a threesome between ChibiChibi, Jar-Jar and
Pikachu. You bastard.
A. Jones
Received on Sun May 20 2001 - 19:11:20 BST