From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. Linux Date: 28 Jan 1993 23:00:26 GMT
In article <C1KzwK.EC6@inews.Intel.COM> dvanbibb@td2cad.intel.com (Dwaine VanBibber) writes:
>Hello,
> This is most likely an FAQ...but here goes. I'm interested in acquiring
>a free/inexpensive Unix for my 486 PC at home. After following the DDJ
>series on 386BSD I am somewhat interested in it; however, I've been
>following the Linux as well. Which to choose? Maybe someone on the know
>can tell me the relative merits of each. Thanks.
Why not get both and try them out? Both 386BSD and Linux fit into
partitions on your PC disk -- you even have room for MSDOS and
something else, if you have the disk space.
You can get a copy of 386BSD from agate.berkeley.edu (and it's mirror
sites) via anonymous ftp. It is also available on CDROM from Austin
Code Works (info@acw.com) [Note -- this is unpatched 0.1 -- you should
get the patchkit in /unofficial on agate, and also the FAQ].
While the "Porting" series ended in July, we still write feature articles
for DDJ -- our December issue article discussed the 386BSD ISO-9660 filesystem
format. I'll be detailing Rock Ridge extensions (with code) in the March
[tent.] issue.
Lynne Jolitz.