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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2133 comp.os.linux.misc:11790 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!eve.adam.com.au!eve.adam.com.au!not-for-mail From: steve@adam.com.au (Stephen White) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: 27 Mar 1994 02:57:28 -0000 Organization: ADAM Pty Ltd. Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2n2smo$f4l@eve.adam.com.au> References: <hastyCMvzzA.CDK@netcom.com> <1994Mar19.163025.1875@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <2mfjro$9s8@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <CMzq0G.MEr@boulder.parcplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.adam.com.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Warner Losh (imp@boulder.parcplace.com) wrote: : I have found that FreeBSD-current (soon, hopefully, to be 1.1) : compares quite well to Linux. Its networking is better for my : situation, but the shared libraries are a tiny bit slow when compared : to Linux' implementation. It works for me. BSD and Linux may be technically equal overall, but I find the two very different in the way that they are developed. BSD is a closed group with "core authors". Linux is an open development environment. BSD releases have fewer problems, but improvements are slow. Between releases, you just have to grin and bear it. Linux has more problems, but they're fixed quickly and the improvements keep coming out on a daily basis. Compare BSD a year ago vs Linux a year ago. No comparision. Compare them as they are now. Can't choose clearly on technical merit. Then consider that BSD started off with already working code, and Linux started off from scratch. Linux hasn't had a year of polishing and tweaking under its belt, only raw development. The Unix standard being the overall limit on how far development can go, I expect that the final result will be both OSs being commercial grade. Users will then pick the OS they want based on their religious denomination rather than what bugs they want to avoid. Getting pretty close to that now, actually. : They are both well done. Kudos to all involved. Amen. (gee, religious already :) : Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder Steve -- stephen.white@adam.com.au