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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!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.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux Vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 28 Apr 1996 08:47:18 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4lvbam$943@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960424160848.29921A-100000@meyer> <4lrkkf$sgj@hermes.cair.du.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.misc:100137 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18216 Dave Richards (dar@phoenix.uchsc.edu) wrote: : Oh yea I forgot.. they're both extremely stable. : both have been on-line since sept. 95 : : the linux one froze up once that I can remember : the freebsd box has never crashed.. it just keeps on humming : and it gets alot more work to do also! : : freebsd also has a much better, friendlier installation : process and a great kernel configuration method : -I hate linux's kernel config script. : I never linked "make config" either. =) That is what I'm glad that we now have make menuconfig with a nice pretty/easy-to-use dialog configuration program. : oh yea.. here's the versions we use: : : linux 1.2.13 : FreeBSD 2.1 : BTW, we run a web server of Linux (1.3.62 if I remember) with Apache 1.0.5 and pre-forking works perfectly, and for the size of our machine (386dx-33) it supposts 400 to 500 hits a day nicely (I know it's low usage since it's a first test site that we are using before we can get our main provider system on-line with a P5-90 =) and I'm sure it can take more since we don't even push the Load avg above .20 on a good day.=) 1.3.9x is better under load...I would say it compares a lot nicer to FreeBSD 2.1. ---- Ben Lindstrom Red Hat 3.03 + Linux 1.3.95 (I know I'm behind! =) + Personal hacks