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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux Date: 03 Oct 1996 12:43:01 -0400 Organization: TCP/IP development Lines: 21 Sender: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com Message-ID: <m2n2y4f17u.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <3246f8e0.1466924@news.telepac.pt> <324924E5.49B6@usoft.nl> <324AC49E.1CD3@pressconnect.com> <52pfff$d93@uriah.heep.sax.de> <52qhfj$o6a@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Reply-To: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com In-reply-to: erb@inss1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de's message of 1 Oct 1996 07:33:07 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 In article <52qhfj$o6a@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> erb@inss1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de (Olaf Erb) writes: > I can. We've been running a FTP/http/www-proxy for some years under Linux. > Now I switched the mess (really a mess, old Slackware Distribution with > lots of chaos in there ;) to FreeBSD and I got what I expected: > > FreeBSD performs much more better than Linux under high load (it's smoother) > and, the most important thing, networking is better (more stable and faster). > And no more hassels with this libc/kernel/gcc version conflicts that annoy > you regularly. The networking code has changed alot since 1.2.13 days, get 2.0 if you plan on trying out Linux. But since BSD is the standard, and thanks to Stevens, Leffler, is better documented, it probably is the more popular choice. It would be interesting to have have some 3rd party test FreeBSD 2.1.5 vs Linux 2.0 vs NT. -- Tom Evans tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com Disclaimer: My views are my own, your mileage might vary, taxes are extra, etc