From: robpang@leland.Stanford.EDU (Yiu-Kin Pang) Subject: Re: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 01:25:30 GMT
In article <1993Jun19.231341.3524@jacobs.jacobs.mn.org>, root@jacobs.jacobs.mn.org (Mike Horwath) writes:
|> Alan Krantz (atk@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
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|> : Hi- i've been considering purchashing a pc and running one of minix,
|> : bsd-386 and linux and have a few questions:
|>
|> : How does linux compare to other public domain unix like os - such as
|> : 386bsd and minix-386 in terms of features and performance.
|>
|> I would say (and I am biased) that linux is supported better, and the per-
|> formance is much higher than the above 2 os's listed. And for features,
|> if you need a program that is not available, go and get the source and
|> compile it yourself, porting doesn't take alot of effort. There are a few
|> things missing from linix, ie: ibcs2, ELF, WABI (someday :), PPP, etc.
I have installed Linux for 2 months but I found that it was less useful to
me than I have hoped. I tried to do my CS programming homework twice with
no luck. There is no "socket" in Linux (which I think follow System V).
Also, the memory management (mprotect) is different from BSD. I must say
that Linux has been a stable and well-supported UNIX but unfortunately I am
so stuck with BSD.
|> Nothing life threatening at all.
|>
|> : Should i post this notice on another newsgroup ?
|>
|> Yeah, post on the competitors groups, and on comp.os.linux, see what other
|> replies you get.
|>
|> : Please send replies to me as this is a cross post. If there is enough
|> : interest i will post a summary of the replies in a week or so.
|>
|> : Thank You,
|> : alan krantz
|>
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