From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey) Subject: Re: Opinion question? Possibly a FAQ? Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:21:21 GMT
>>>>> In article <1irfu5INNgnh@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>, rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker) writes:
Paul> NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
Paul> pcc@s1.gov (Philip C. Cox) writes:
>I am new to Intel-UNIX systems, I currently administer a network with
>Sun's, HP's, SGI's, and Mips (mostly Suns though, 10:1) so I am knowledgable
>with BSD & a little SYS V unix. I am upgrading my home machine and have
>decided to run unix on a partition, and was wondering what (if any ) the
>significant differences are between linux & 386bsd. If there are diffs,
>are there specific users that favor a certain system. I know this is
>subjective, but all opinions will be gladly accepted.
Paul> It already is a FAQ -- once again RTFM !!! 8-(
Paul> ... cut from part 1 of the FAQ sheet
Paul> QUESTION: What are the pros and cons compared to 386BSD ?
[useful faq stuff...]
Paul> | X Binaries require about 61 Meg (?)
It's acutally much smaller. On 386BSD the entire unpacked static
linked X binary distribution takes 38Mb. This will drop significantly
when shared libraries are officially added to 386BSD.
Paul> | I don't know about the sources.
You need 93Mb to build the core X11R5 sources under 386BSD. The
source archives and patches take about 30Mb if you keep them online as
well. Rich