>>>>> "DB" == David Brownlee writes:

 DB> 	Just a side question on the linux front - what does it require form
 DB> linux /proc that NetBSD proc does not provide?

        Many things.  For  example, when establishing secure http  connection
        (https://), Linux Netscape calls `netstat   -in' that goes crazy  and
        dumps to core due to lack of "correct" /proc.  Netscape then dumps to
        core too.

P.S. I mean that Linux version of `netstat' is first in the PATH.