From: chamil@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (Charles M. Hamilton) Subject: Re: Free BSD release: future of Minix/Linux? Date: 19 Mar 1992 07:36:11 GMT
In article <1992Mar18.030152.14554@epas.toronto.edu> meggin@epas.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) writes:
>
>Now that a fully bootable, free BSD Unix for '386 and '486 boxes is
>available from agate.berkeley.edu (pub/386BSD), how will Minix and
>Linux fare? I am stuck with Minix, because I use a 68000-based
>machine, but I wonder whether many Intel users will stay with Minix or
>Linux?
>
>
>David
I personally plan on sticking with linux and NOT going to the
free release of 386BSD. Why? Well, my machine now only
has 4 megs of RAM, which seems to be fine for linux, but I
suspect would crowd BSD. I also currently only have 80 megs
of disk space, 40 of which I devote to linux and 40 to DOS.
(I would throw DOS out completely, but I have too much invested
in software for it to disregard it completely). 40 megs
should be sufficient, approaching comfortable, for linux.
If you tell 386BSD unix you only have 40 megs available for
it, it will just laugh at you. Also, DOS and 386BSD cannot
co-exist on the same machine (yet).
Just wanted to get my $0.02 worth in. Keep up the good work
Linus, I'll stay with you!
-- Charles M. Hamilton
-- University of Missouri - Rolla
-- Computer Science
-- chamil@cs.umr.edu
-- (lifesucks@umr.everyday)