Lawrence Garvin wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 LG> Roy wrote to Francois at 04:06 12 Jun:

 FT> FreeBSD comes from 386BSD, which was the project to make the BSD
 FT> code run on 386+ intel machines. NetBSD is an split of freeBSD,
 FT> whith the accent on portability. OpenBSD is an offshoot of NetBSD,
 FT> which focuses on security issues. According to the reviewer,
 FT> FreeBSD is the one with the easiest installer and the most
 FT> available packages (note: roughly same as Debian). Mention is also
 FT> made of PicoBSD, which is a one-floppy project available in 4
 FT> different flavors (router/dialup/don't remember the rest). However,
 FT> PicoBSD hasn't been updated in a couple of years.

 RJT> Thanks,  that's the sort of info I was looking for...

 RJT> Although it doesn't really touch on the differences between them, 
 RJT> much. 

 LG> Hang in there Roy.

I'm not in any particular hurry.    :-)

 LG> I'm getting very close to kicking off my "Compare the BSD flavors" 
 LG> project. This past week I was able to identify a machine I'll be 
 LG> able to use. I'm getting a replacement desktop machine for myself 
 LG> (a PIII/733 Deskpro EN) that I'm buying from a friend. That'll 
 LG> free up my PII/400 system, which I'll start by dedicating to this 
 LG> BSD-comparision project.

I just snagged a bit more ram to stick in the "test fixture" here
(32M) so perhaps I can get the Slackware install to complete on that one
and maybe even try some linux-to-linux networking stuff,  things like NFS, 
etc. that I've not messed with yet,  instead of linux-to-dos, 
linux-to-OS/2, linux-to-w98, etc.  Maybe split the load with X running in
two different places,  too,  if I can nail down how to do that.

 LG> Maybe, even, I'll get enough to write a book about it! :-)

Maybe you'll hook up with O'Reilly and they'll come up with a nifty cover
for it,  too.  :-)

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