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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!noc.near.net!public.x.org!kaleb From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: FreeBSD page better than Linux? Date: 5 Sep 95 11:43:46 GMT Organization: X Consortium Lines: 27 Message-ID: <kaleb.810301426@exalt> References: <42cnbp$mit@blackice.winternet.com> <NEWTNews.810257869.20278.les@compu.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: exalt.x.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5661 comp.os.linux:58901 mcs.com@compu.mcs.com writes: >> I have been running Linux for a year or so now. I was always under the >> impression that performance was one of it strengths due to its relative >> small size and simplicity. Lately someone told me that FreeBSD preforms >> a lot better under stress (high page fault rate). >It is worth a try. It is not well supported as Linux This is a blatant untruth! FreeBSD is very much and very well supported. Perhaps you meant that Linux has a larger installed base and therefore more support from the user community? >and not user friendly if you are used to system V. This is entirely subjective. I use both, although when I have a choice I use FreeBSD, and I find the differences in "usability" to be negligible. Installing FreeBSD 2.x is at least as friendly as the Slackware install. >But I would say give it a shot on a small partition >since it is not costly. No costlier than Linux. :-) --