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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:14484 comp.os.linux.misc:29849 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!ncar!hsdndev!nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu!usenet From: hill@rowland.org (Winfield Hill) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: 386BSD vs Linux Date: 16 Nov 1994 23:57:29 GMT Organization: Rowland Institute for Science Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3ae699$j0s@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <39tu2u$o8r@styx.uwa.edu.au> <3a91tb$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: hill-office.rowland.org X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw () says: >Peter Caffin (ptcaffin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au) wrote: >: I'm thinking of setting up a network of 386s, with a large number of >: external modem lines. At this stage, I'm undecided between 386BSD and > > As far as I am concerned, once I set up a 486 PC ftp server with Linux > 0.99.xx. It hanged and crashed terribly. ... > Personally I think Linux is good for personal use, but if heavy networking > is involved, I guess *BSD would be better. ( Maybe it's unfair to Linux, > since I have no time to test Linux 1.11.xx). I noted, connecting to CompuServe's Internet connection, that they are using 386BSD. And it seems that they are very serious about what they are doing. Winfield Hill hill@rowland.org Rowland Institute for Science Cambridge, MA 02142