From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 1 23:33:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16997 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 23:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16897 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 23:32:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA12314; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 01:31:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 01:31:56 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd -vs- netbsd -vs- openbsd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II wrote: > Are there any added features that you would get by running netbsd or > openbsd. I have a few freebsd boxes and would like to know are there any > special features like networking etc that would help in any way. Thanks . Well, from what I understand, FreeBSD's VM system is by far the most robust of the three. IIRC, FreeBSD and NetBSD both branched out of 386BSD, and OpenBSD branched out of NetBSD. Also, I've heard that OpenBSD is a bit stabler and 'better' than NetBSD. Open/Net also run on far more platforms than FreeBSD, which is really just x86. I obviously believe FreeBSD is the best overall of the three, or I'd be running one of the others, and be on that list. ;-) I don't know any of this for certain, but I seem to remember it from various test results and previous discussions. Then again, I'm half asleep, so don't kill me if it's wrong. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*