Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?
In chiark.mail.debian.devel, you wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 11:39:41AM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
>> Because, somewhat circularly, that's what has emerged as one of Debian's
>> strong points, and we like it. Certainly it makes the releases slower.
>> But it's one thing that really differentiates Debian from the
>> competition. Being the most portable Free OS is worth something, in my
>> opinion.
>
>I think NetBSD still has us beat on that point.
This depends on your definition of portability to some extent. Debian
defines platforms in terms of userspace compatibility, whereas NetBSD
does so in terms of kernel compatibility. Both support approximately the
same number of CPU types, and Linux supports a wider range of platforms
within x86 and PPC (excepting the BeBox). On the other hand, NetBSD runs
on /way/ more strange old M68k and Alpha things. I think their Vax port
is probably further along, too.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.devel@srcf.ucam.org
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