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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!n1van.istar!van.istar!west.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!n3ott.istar!infoshare!whome!telly!evan From: evan@bigbird.telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Organization: Sound Software Message-ID: <E4F8q0.2zv@bigbird.telly.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c341j$3dp@cynic.portal.ca> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:01:12 GMT Lines: 29 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:152401 comp.os.linux.networking:65012 comp.os.linux.setup:92221 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5598 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1912 In article <5c341j$3dp@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >In article <5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu>, >Michael Kagalenko <mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu> wrote: >>J.C. Archambeau (jca@bighorn.accessnv.com) wrote: >>]It also seems the FreeBSD is more solid that >>]Linux in the networking department. >> I see this claim now and then. Can you post some specific data, comparing >> Linux and BSD networking ? >I see this claim regularly to, and I recently tried to investigate >it. Unfortunately, I have found only one Linux user who is willing >to give me any statistics on NFS performance, Networking != NFS. I don't care one bit about NFS performance. All the remote mounting I need to do I can accomplish with Samba. What about throughput, FTP, http, and especially *stability* (which is what the original quote above referred to)? -- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario Supporting PC-based Unix since 1985 / Caldera & SCO authorized / www.telly.org Trains stop at train stations. Buses stop at bus stations. I use a workstation.