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From: roberto@hsc.fr.net (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: io.computers,io.general,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Performance differences between Linux and FreeBSD
Date: 7 Feb 1995 10:45:53 +0100
Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants, Paris, France
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In article <JNIALS.95Feb6112903@pentagon.io.com>,
Jon R. Nials <jnials@pentagon.io.com> wrote:
> installed FreeBSD 2.0 + a patch for PPP on my system.  I am *quite*
> happy.  My system *feels* much perkier, and I have seen definite
> improvements in some applications emacs being the most noticeable.

Just wait to  see 2.1.  I'm running -current  down here and it already  way
better than  2.0 in term  of  paging and process   switches. John Dyson and
David Greenman did a great job.

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@sidhe.frmug.fr.net
      FreeBSD keltia 2.1.0-Development #2: Sat Jan  7 00:55:25 MET 1995