On Jun 16, 2005, at 10:14 PM, John Kelly wrote:

> I've been toying with NetBSD i386 for possible server use, but I'm not
> in favor of using any version beyond 1.6.X, due to stability concerns.
>
> How long will 1.6.X be maintained for security fixes?
>
> If the answer is "not very long" then I will use Debian linux ...
>

FWIW, I have NetBSD running on a 68K machine, practically invulnerably.
I have tried installing several Linuxes on a Mac 9500 and on a Q950,  
and was not even able to install them satisfactorily.
Debian in particular seemed rather fragile; failure in installing  
window managers actually zapped the disk!

Of course, Linux in general is known to be better at Intel  
architecture...

Dan Killoran