Subject: Re: upgrade schedule/suggestions (was Re: 1.2Beta/mac68k snapshot
To: The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.macbsd.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/15/1996 07:38:14
> > o NetBSD sounds and looks like a real nice solution for the 68K
> > Macs. What is the outlook for NetBSD given Apple's work on
> > MkLinux for the PPC?
>
> Hmmm, well, different market, really. NetBSD will probably never run
> separately on PowerMacs. However, I had heard something _waaaaay_ back
> about possible NetBSD on top of the OSF Mach Microkernel, instead of the
> Linux server.
Well, there's LITES. I've not looked into it, myself, but I hear it's
a 4.4-Lite server for Mach. Shouldn't be too hard to get it running on
the MkLinux microkernel. Depending on performance and other issues,
though, a monolithic BSD might still be desirable by some or many people.
Folks have many different uses for their computers and OSes... One size
never fits all... ;-)
> MkLinux will probably never run on the mac68k machines, either. MkLinux
> used a lot of NetBSD code, as I understand it, and I'm sure the reverse
> will be true more and more as time passes.
Not really. They're using a few things, though. I was happy to see
that. We should be able to use some of their code, too...
-allen
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