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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Linux or Free BSD for WWW server?
Date: 8 Nov 1995 06:11:01 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Peter Seibel <seibel@mojones.com> wrote:
] I have to pick out a machine and OS to buy to replace our old Sun 4/260 which
] is our www server (and everything else, mail, ftp, gopher) and have narrowed
] it down to a well equipped Pentium running either Linux or Free BSD. I was
] leaning toward Linux but was told that the networking code in Free BSD is more
] robust and therefore better for running a www server than Linux. Is this still
] 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?
The BSD 4.3 networking code is, for better or worse, the reference
implementation.
If you are used to SunOS, BSD will be more comfortable for you
than Linux. If your Sun was running Solaris, you might like
Linux better.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.