From: Charles Hannum (mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
Date: 04/04/93


From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs mo..
Date: 4 Apr 1993 14:26:40 -0400


In article <1p86l7$gb@yak.socs.uts.EDU.AU> pdhatchm@socs.uts.EDU.AU
(Paul Hatchman) writes:
>
> Most Linux users that I have talked to have never had a Linux crash.
> Those that have usually have had fixes to the problem with a week.

It sure as Hell crashed more than that when I used it.

> Some people have reported crashes due to SCSI and networking, but
> from what I have seen *most* of these are cleared up now.

The SCSI and networking code I use under 386BSD is very reliable. It's
the main reason I decided to try 386BSD while I was already running
Linux.

Even if I hadn't had problems with Linux's networking code, it doesn't
have several of the features I use under 386BSD.

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