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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <49spv0$1v4@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu> <49qv6h$js4@NNTP.MsState.Edu> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 18:23:28 GMT Lines: 27 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29881 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10143 comp.unix.advocacy:11995 comp.unix.misc:19980 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8936 In article <49qv6h$js4@NNTP.MsState.Edu>, Stormy Henderson <stormy@gtlug.org> wrote: >Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) 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. > >He probably tried them both. I've used both, I find Linux much faster on my >just-me machine. I don't have to use any benchmarks, I can tell just by >doing what I usually do, program, mud, etc (was using Linux kernel 1.1.* and >FreeBSD 2.0A). > Eeeek, FreeBSD 2.0A is a known rogue and all kinds of caveats were issued to those people using it. There were some evil bugs in that bugger, but unfortunately we had to port to the 4.4Lite tree faster than we really could (for legal reasons.) Whenever I compare the two OSes, I compare 2.05, 2.1, 2.2-current and Linux 1.2.8, 1.3.20-1.3.4x. FreeBSD V2.0 is history (but there are still people buying that thing, unfortunately.) John dyson@freebsd.org