Hi Paolo --- "BSD doesn't support common hardware."
Does Linux support hardware that BSD doesn't? Probably. Does it matter? Only if you have that hardware. I'll betcha Windows supports hardware Linux doesn't. For that matter, MacOS probably supports hardware that none of the rest do. BSD supports most common hardware you'd stick in a server, most common hardware you'd stick in a workstation, most common hardware you'd stick in a desktop... There are gaps, but the gaps change from release to release, just like every other system. taken from : BSD for Linux users : http://www.over-yonder.net/%7Efullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux9.php ----
I beg to disagree on this assertion for the following reasons: 1.) Linux and NetBSD do not have the same qualifications for architectures. Linux counts architectures according to chip/CPU families. NetBSD counts ports as architectures, regardless of CPU/chip family.
Im sorry I dont follow you on this. If we are going to count it all "per chip/cpu" that netbsd supports or runs on nicely, then probably this will be a reaaaaaaaaaaally long email. For those interested to check everything out please go to this site http://netbsd.org/Ports/ and you can click on each "port" (or architecture) and see the numerous supported chips and devices under it. Each architecture has a corresponding development reports. Im sorry for miscount but they are currently supporting 53 architectures to date IMHO, You don't care what hardware the OS supports, as long as it supports what you have. Read the hardware support lists and/or just try booting it up. You might be surprised.
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