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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD? Date: 9 Apr 1996 18:31:31 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4kf31j$cbs@sidhe.memra.com> References: <4jpq8b$tfv@lucy.swin.edu.au> <4jrkt2$mbb@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16923 comp.os.linux.misc:96809 In article <4jrkt2$mbb@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: >-=PsYcHlOpS=-@seinfeld.swin.edu.au (-=PsYcHlOpS=-) writes: > >>I was wondering if anyone had any experience with both systems and >>could possibly advise which one they would recommend and/or advantages >>and disadvantages of either systems. > >I'm running both, and in my experience >there is no noticeable difference in performance, >when running a normal home system, That's right. >If you have strange hardware, Linux is a little more likely >to offer support. On the other hand I have a 486 box that Linux thinks it has 2 IDE controllers. It doesn't, but Linux complained incessantly whenever it tried to sync the phantom drives so I gave up on the install since I couldn't really follow the screen properly with messages everywhere. On FreeBSD I booted with the -C option, disabled wdc1 and everything worked fine. Then I built a kernel with no wdc1 and everything continues to work fine. This machine is my home gateway to the Internet (dedicated dialup PPP) and runs CERN httpd proxy, some TIS fwtk stuff and SAMBA. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com