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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!mvb.saic.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.intersurf.net!alex.intersurf.net!winter From: winter@intersurf.net (Matthew N. Dodd) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Subject: Re: Linux or Free BSD for WWW server? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Date: 8 Nov 1995 02:21:17 GMT Organization: InterSurf Online, Inc. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <47p46t$e24@dim.intersurf.net> References: <47oul2$35j@kadath.zeitgeist.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: winter@alex.intersurf.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:18743 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8287 comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:6041 Peter Seibel (seibel@mojones.com) wrote: : true? The reason, as I understand it was that the Free BSD networking code was : based on the old, tried and true BSD code whereas the Linux code was written : from scratch. Experiences? [dim]:/home/winter> uname -a FreeBSD dim 2.0.5-950622-SNAP FreeBSD 2.0.5-950622-SNAP #0: Tue Aug 29 00:03:33 CDT 1995 winter@dim:/usr/src/sys/compile/DIM i386 [dim]:/home/winter> uptime 8:18PM up 60 days, 14:59, 3 users, load averages: 0.11, 0.06, 0.07 I dunno. I'm afraid to reboot it now. I dunno what I'm going to do when 2.1 comes out. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | | InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|