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Date:      Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:40:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
To:        Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com>
Cc:        Allix Primus <alleve@idirect.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenBSD, NetBSD vs FreeBSD ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911212338400.23801-100000@rac4.wam.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3838C361.A7887CCD@S1.com>

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> > I'm new to freebsd and was just wondering what is the difference between
> > freebsd , netbsd and openbsd ? Is there an advantage to using one over the
> > other ?
> 
> Hi Allix,
> 
> FreeBSD is sort of the 'Linux' of the *BSD world ( * Harry ducks for
> cover). It's (fairly) light, robust and works mostly on i386 platform,
> with an Alpha port and (I think) a PowerPC port - correct me if I'm
> wrong - or see <www.freebsd.org>

I'm not sure about the Light part here. FreeBSD is used on the most
heavily loaded servers on the internet: cdrom.com, yahoo.com, and
hotmail.com. It hasn't been ported to the PowerPC either, It is however
(as far as I know) still being ported to Sparc, and it works on x86, and
alpha processors.
 
> OpenBSD is for the (ahem) 'paranoid'. If you want a secure OS right out
> of the box, then OpenBSD is for you. see <www.openbsd.org> It supports a
> couple of hardware platforms including i386 and Sparc.
> 
> NetBSD has lots of support for 'interesting' hardware - some of it no
> longer at the 'leading edge' of technology - e.g. MicroVAX II and such -
> but you require a *BSD O/S for them, otherwise your wife will make you
> throw that 'junk' out ;') see <www.netbsd.org>
> 
> They are all 'Open Source' - and all are pretty darn stable. All are
> actively being enhanced and used. And all are loved by their respective
> groups.
> 
> To me, they are "horses for courses". If I still had my uVAX-3500, I'd
> use Net. If I were a bit more paranoid than I am now, I'd use Open. For
> the moment I'm using Free, as it sits nicely behind the "Bleeding Edge"
> (a.k.a. Linux ;'), and I presently have a corporate firewall protecting
> me from my own stupid mistakes ;'}
> 
> hth,
> 
> |-|
> 
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