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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:17496 comp.os.linux.misc:43198 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 13 May 1995 13:19:35 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3p284n$l6s@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <3ovd1u$1jtd@otho.cc.flinders.edu.au> <MICHAELV.95May12203839@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bell.maths.tcd.ie michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: >In article <3ovd1u$1jtd@otho.cc.flinders.edu.au> brice@ist.flinders.edu.au (Benno J. Rice) writes: > I'm going to be involved in setting up a server to handle a > considerable user load based around a Pentium (probably with about 32Mb > RAM), possibly with some other non-PC-type machines as well. What I want > is an *informed* comparison of FreeBSD and Linux as an OS for the P5 > server. (Informed as in no blind-screaming-fanatic posts telling me to > use one or the other or spend an eternity in hell). >Then you should install both of them and evaluate them for yourself. >Beat them til the drop. Push their limits. I would also recommend >evaluating NetBSD. Just as a matter of interest, I couldn't boot FreeBSD on my Pentium/PCI. It just hung on the second (cpio) diskette. Also, at least where I was looking, there seemed a complete lack of documentation. I've found the Linux Guides (particularly Installation and Getting Started) extremely useful; are there corresponding things for FreeBSD ? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland