20 May
2001
20 May
'01
12:11 p.m.
jkunz skrev:
On 20 May, Iggy Drougge wrote:
[installing NetBSD or 4.4BSD or 4.3BSD-Reno on a
hp300]
Not mine, but I've installed it on lots of machines. It's really an odd habit
of mine, I collect the most disparate computers, then make them as similar as
possible running the same OS.
Why 4.4BSD? Does it offer any advantage over
NetBSD?
It is older. ;-)
It allways depends on your needs.
- If you want a modern *ix OS, NetBSD is what you want. NetBSD is a
nice, pure and small but complete Unix. It is my faforit OS. - If you want the OS this machine was build with,
HP-UX is wat you
want. HP-UX is a bit, hmm? I don't like it that much.
I don't like what I've seen of it either, but I suppose that its hardware
support is better than NetBSD.
- If you are interrested in the history of software,
und / or you are
a BSD Unix geek like me, some old 4.x BSD is what you want. I have
several (ca. 30) *ix machines around here, most of them running
NetBSD. So it is very interresting to work with some historic BSD
releases on machines of the same vintage to see how things evolved.
An other reason could be that NetBSD (1.5) got a bit "bloated" and it
does not run that fast on a slower machine like a MicroVAX II or
hp320. But that does'nt bother you if you own a hp380.
I supposed that NetBSD would be almost identical with (to?) 4.4BSD.
I'm aware of the 1.5 bloat problem, and I think it's a serious matter for a
multiplatform OS like NetBSD. The pmax port has been contaminated as well.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
well, maybe if it contained ChibiChibi-JarJar
pairing..<seg>
Okay, so now I'm thinking about a threesome between
ChibiChibi, Jar-Jar and
Pikachu. You bastard.
A. Jones