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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:28370 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3874 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!news.dfn.de!rrz.uni-koeln.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news From: se@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: LINUX SUCKS!!!! Date: 30 Oct 1994 00:24:40 GMT Organization: Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 43 Distribution: world Message-ID: <38up48INN1o5e@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> References: <085334Z20101994@anon.penet.fi> <385viv$8r4@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <CHRISB.94Oct26173446@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <38mj72$a82@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <1994Oct28.041604.589@escape.widomaker.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fileserv1.mi.uni-koeln.de In article <1994Oct28.041604.589@escape.widomaker.com>, shendrix@escape.widomaker.com (Shannon Hendrix) writes: |> If it does say BSD... it's not Linux! And... |> |> * it will crash more and worse |> * it's file systems will be slower |> * it will have less support |> * it will have you as a user Well, seems you ignore the fact, that one of the biggest FTP-Archives in the INTERNET runs a free BSD, with uptimes of several months between shutdowns, that are only required to allow installing another SCSI controller ... (it has got its fourth SCSI controllers recently). The filesystem is one of the parts, where BSD is far more advanced than Linux, in both speed and robustness (nobody in their right mind would use the option to switch off synchronous metadata updates under BSD, since this might void your filesystem in case of a crash, as is the default under Linux). If you want to discuss filesystem features and pros and cons, feel free to do so. But please first try to understand what the BSD FFS does to combine performance, reliability and economy of disk space use (ie. fragments). Please get your facts right before posting, since there might be readers of these newsgroups who might be lead to believe the nonsense you wrote ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser Internet: <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706010 Universitaet zu Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 Weyertal 80 50931 Koeln