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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!cakerwood!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 1 Dec 1995 03:19:14 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <49ls7i$62e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cakerwood.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:28747 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9594 comp.unix.advocacy:11566 comp.unix.misc:19736 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8903 Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote: : In article <49doel$skq@jennifer.pernet.net> eli@jennifer.pernet.net (E. Eli Boaz) writes: : : Not necessarily easier, better. Linux is MUCH, MUCH faster than : FreeBSD for a SINGLE user machine. FreeBSD tends to respond faster : to things like network I/O and disk I/O faster than Linux, but : Linux tends to respond more to 'user' visible processes... : : I would like to know where you find data to support such questionable : hypotheses. : I think we tested this once on the newgroups with Byte's UNIX as a base, and I think the results shows thoughts above...I'd be interested in waiting until 1.4/2.0 to come out and run another test between them. I think it would more then likely show that Linux has improved from 1.2. And in the long run...Improving is the only thing that matters.. Keep up the work..Free/NetBSD and Linux.=) BTW.. Linux has better UDP support.=)