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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2345 comp.os.linux.misc:13095 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!zaphod.crihan.fr!univ-lille1.fr!ciril.fr!news.imag.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!itesec!frmug.fr.net!renux.frmug.fr.net!keltia.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 11 Apr 1994 20:52:13 +0200 Organization: A Happy FreeBSD-current Usenet Site Lines: 21 Message-ID: <2oc69b$cf@keltia.frmug.fr.net> References: <CnH9JG.3Ap@hippo.ru.ac.za> <yX2Lkc3w165w@oasys.pc.my> NNTP-Posting-Host: keltia.frmug.fr.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <yX2Lkc3w165w@oasys.pc.my>, Othman Ahmad <othman@oasys.pc.my> wrote: >csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet) writes: >Warning! Shared libs will slow down your machine and save only little of >your overall disk space(only 10%), because data is much more than code. When I saw my /usr partition come from 45 MB down to 32 MB, I was very happy. When my /usr/X386/bin directory lost more than 50% of its size, I was very very happy. So it is not just 10%. I agree that for most binaries, the gain is not stupenduous but it is essential for X... And it is far from being slow either. I'd never revert to 1.0.2 anymore. Thanks to Paul who bring shared libs to *BSD users ! -- Ollivier ROBERT Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net A FreeBSD & PERL addict... PGP 2.3a public key on key-servers Running FreeBSD-current and very happy to do so !