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> (I so wished he had used the 386BSD tools instead), I'm curious to the difference between the two. Do you have an example ?
by jsymolon 13y ago
> (I so wished he had used the 386BSD tools instead),
I'm curious to the difference between the two. Do you have an example ?
- EdiX 13y agoThey are a smaller code base, commands take less options, do less things. It's closer to the original UNIX userland. A minority of people prefers this characteristics, history suggests that the majority just enjoys the added features: the GNU userland was widespread before Linux existed, people today install (parts of) the GNU userland on Mac OS X using fink/macports/homebrew.