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From: stone@flowbee.interaccess.com (Tombstone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD As News Server
Date: 14 Nov 1995 20:35:56 GMT
Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet Service Provider
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: Linux WILL lock up TOTALLY (i.e., hard reboot) under heavy network 
: load...FreeBSD uses my SMC card full tilt boogie without problem or 
: error.  Linux just crashes, hard.  Supposedly the new Linux kernels have 
: better network performance nad are more robust, but I don't really care 
: to find out.

: Jamie

Well thank you the responses guys. The P90 w/Adaptec 2940 SCSI and 2 
Gigs is on its way! 

P.S. The new linux kernels are fine. We serve 350 email accounts from a 
386 25MHZ PC w/only 8 megs ram. (recieving/sending in excess of 4000 msgs 
a day, well yesterday anyway) been running for nearly a year. I have 
heard that BSD is the way to go for NEWS though; thanks!