Subject: Re: Great things about NetBSD
To: NetBSD Users's Discussion List <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Reilly <andrew-netbsd@areilly.bpc-users.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/23/2007 14:10:51
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 02:19:17PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> - the build system, with its full cross-build support (available thanks
>   also in part to the amazingly portable GNU GCC cross compiler) is
>   second to none.

I have to give a big thumbs-up on this one, myself.
Particularly now that the performance difference between useful
development machines and useful target (embedded) machines is so
vast, it's great to be able to cross-build.

> - the source code is also the cleanest I've ever seen, especially for a
>   system of this size, both in the kernel and in user-land.

Also a big plus.

Cheers,

-- 
Andrew