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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!EU.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!fido.news.demon.net!demon!houtsma.demon.nl!houtsma.demon.nl!houtsma.demon.nl!not-for-mail From: jan@houtsma.demon.nl (Jan Houtsma) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Date: 19 Jan 1997 21:43:00 +0100 Organization: Jan Houtsma, Hilversum, The Netherlands Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5bu10k$338@houtsma.demon.nl> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5brtq9$c6d@news2.isdnet.net> <5bs3k4$9ks@lynx.dac.neu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: houtsma.demon.nl X-NNTP-Posting-Host: houtsma.demon.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:153167 comp.os.linux.networking:65462 comp.os.linux.setup:92949 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5644 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1948 Hi, I have alsolooked into the differences between Linux and *BSD and one of the reasons i have chosen Linux is that support for new hardware (drivers) is much faster for Linux than for any other OS. E.g. in my case i needed support for ISDN. Linux had it far before BSD even thought about it. --jan-- Michael Kagalenko (mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu) wrote: : Thierry Danis (danis@alienor) wrote: : ]However, I have to say that networking (ethernet) is not so mature on Linux : ]as on *BSD (we are also using NetBSD 1.0 and FreeBSD 2.x). : ]Especially when you are trying to merge with an existing heterogenous TCP/IP, : ]NFS network (SunOS/Solaris/Irix/HP/...). : Can you name the specific problems with Linux netwroking, as compared : with FreeBSD ? Thanks. : -- : ABILITY,n. The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner : ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. : -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- Jan Houtsma Hilversum, the Netherlands jan@houtsma.demon.nl http://www.houtsma.demon.nl