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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
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
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Date: 28 Nov 1995 07:27:20 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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Message-ID: <MICHAELV.95Nov27232728@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu>
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In-reply-to: eli@jennifer.pernet.net's message of 28 Nov 1995 01:25:41 GMT
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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.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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