Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:15:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916161148.17586B-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19970916181757.07680@klemm.gtn.com>
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On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 1997 at 09:32:33PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > So, FreeBSD is a good choice for the BSD4.4 type, a point I have sometimes > > made to computer science students. But what's a good SVR4 choice--any > > free ones? Any versions of Linux that qualify? > > I think any Linux version is not equal to SVR4. Depends on just how closely you want that emulation. I think it's close enough to learn on, but not close enough if you're going to use it as a development patform (with a real SVR4 as the target). There are many divergences between Linux and SVR4. That's my own personal reason for rejecting Linux for FreeBSD, because FreeBSD cares much more strongly about standards. However, Annelise said it was for students, and I think it comes pretty close, as far as that. Actually, so does Sun's Solaris, I think, the X86 version. It's cheap, and it comes closer even than Linux. Sorta depends on a student's budget ... you ever heard of a student with enough cash to spend? > I think Sun has done a good Job with Solaris 2.6. > It's a fast and nice Unix that's capable of SMP. > The advantage is, that it runs on three different platforms: > SPARC, Intel and PowerPC. So learning this Unix has the > advantage of learning a modern SVR4 based Unix, that coveres > the three main hardware platforms nowadays ... > > -- > Andreas Klemm | klemm.gtn.com - powered by > Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html > http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/benches.html > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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