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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!zippy.cais.net!cais.cais.com!toehser From: toehser@cais.cais.com (Tom Oehser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux Date: 20 Feb 1996 02:18:54 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4gbb2e$n25@zippy.cais.net> References: <4er9hp$5ng@orb.direct.ca> <DMv8w7.8H4@pe1chl.ampr.org> <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu> <DMzqnM.DnK@pe1chl.ampr.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14650 comp.os.linux.development.system:18410 >>3) Sync makes your machine go slower on a bogus-as-hell >> create 1000 files/delete 1000 files benchmark that >> really doesn't mimic normal system usage at all. Uh.... in normal use, *my* system creates/deletes thousands of files, just in the process of compiling new kernels, copying trees of files, making backups, using news and www; I really don't know what you are talking about, maybe a diskless workstation? -Tom