Subject: Re: Linux?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Michael Wanka <tm_wanka@earthling.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/06/2000 21:43:33
Hi,

probably I did not understand it correctly. You have an internet-
(web?) server under NetBSD and your users want Linux. Why? 
Which programms do they want to use that do not run under 
NetBSD? 

mike

On 5 Apr 2000, at 13:28, Marinier, M. Claude, G. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use NetBSD as an internet server but more and more users
> (scientists) want Linux. I have two questions.
> 
> 1. Which Linux is most like Unix (BSD)?
> 
> 2. Could NetBSD do anything Linux does? I assume that I would build
> the kernel with Linux and ELL32. Would I also need a compatibility
> package?
> 
> I hope that I will not offend anyone by this question. I have to
> support (read: really help) the users. They know about Linux (or have
> heard about it) but they do not know anything about NetBSD (I do try
> to tell them but need help to convince them).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Claude Marinier, Information Technology Group   
> claude.marinier@dreo.dnd.ca Defence Research Establishment Ottawa
> (DREO)    (613) 998-4901  FAX 998-2675 3701 Carling Avenue, Ottawa,
> Ontario  K1A 0Z4         http://www.dreo.dnd.ca
>