Subject: Re: Questions about using XSM?
To: Chris <smirks@mail.eclipse.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/11/1998 22:10:31
On Tue, 12 May 1998 00:20:59 -0400 (EDT) 
 Chris <smirks@mail.eclipse.net> wrote:

 > I will agree with Chris.. FreeBSD on a PC just plain ol kicks butt...=)

Well, I'd say NetBSD on a PC just pain old kicks butt, too... :-)

 > > FreeBSD is very much like NetBSD.  In my opinion it is a very nice polished
 > > system.  Where NetBSD concentrates on being available on manyy different
 > > platforms, FreeBSD seems to be more interested in working well on the IBM
 > > PC compatable architecture.  I run NetBSD on my mac, and have never run
 > > linux or NetBSD on my PC, but I would highly recomend FreeBSD if you
 > > want to run UNIX on a PC.  For more information see www.freebsd.org

You ought to try out NetBSD on your PC... especially if you run NetBSD
on another platform.  I vastly prefer NetBSD over FreeBSD because NetBSD
tends to do lots of things Right from the get-go, with an emphasis on
clean design and implementation (one of the reasons we can run on so many
platforms!).

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