> > - RedHat and Debian Linux m68k do have package managing system,
> >   NetBSD does not

[...]

>  Which is wrong. See:
> http://www.de.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/

Oh, I saw all those tgz files on the CD-ROM and thought these are not
packages but plain-you-unpack-them-and-thats-it-files.

> > - Both Debian and RedHat Linux seem to be a bit easier to install and
> >   come with pre-configured X11 that is immediately startable. (Especially
> >   RedHat.) With NetBSD you have to setup X11 quite manually.

>  Err? Thats is wrong, too. X11 is part of the installation process and for
> plain ECS/AGA you can start X11 immediately.

Ah... sure? It didn't work here. Dunno whether NetBSD used AGA for the
console tough, maybe it already used my CyberVision 64.

> > - The NetBSD on the Amiga Unix Compendium CD comes with compiled KDE
> >   packages, Linux m68k does not. Important for the user IMHO!

>  Yes, as KDE is crap :-)

Then whats about Gnome?

Point is KDE is quite a comfortable GUI system for Unix IMHO and Gnome - I
did not see recent versions - also looked quite promising.

Users usually want such stuff... They are not "vi" hackers. Most of them I
guess ;-).

> > Can you point me towards some information on that subject? Thanks in
> > advance.

>  Please read my Article about NetBSD in general, which appeared in the
> iX magazine. I can mail it to you.

Please do. Thanks a lot for your answer.

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