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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!msunews!gvsu!river.it.gvsu.edu!behrensm From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 18 Jul 1997 14:41:43 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Lines: 37 Message-ID: <5qnvb7$5kg@news.gvsu.edu> References: <01bc8d33$3f7a4f00$6870d3c6@einstein> <33C4F625.41C67EA6@together.net> <pa7nq5.r51.ln@gate> NNTP-Posting-Host: river.it.gvsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44664 Tim (tsweeney@harborhi.com) wrote: : null <null@together.net> wrote: : > Linux tends to get all of the video game support, so I guess you could : > say it's good for playing video games. Not that it's not capable of : > running as server (and I'm sure many people use it as such), but it : > tends to be unstable. : > FreeBSD seems to me to be really stable and can be used as a cost : > efficient server, although it's not set in this role. : So lets translate, shall we. Linux is an unstable game loader that some : misguided souls attempt to stretch into a full OS, and FreeBSD is a rock : solid server quality OS but with the versatility to be so much, much : more. Sounds like a typical "unbiased" advocacy response. Okay, let's forgo the bias and deal with experience. 1. Quake, Doom, and other SVGAlib games do not work (at least well) on FreeBSD, the do on Linux. The pure X versions do, of course. 2. I had to ditch Linux on two separate occasions because quirks in SOMETHING caused it to bomb out if (case 1) multiple SCSI CD drives were accessed simultaneouls, or (case 2) too much net traffic was going over a card. BOTH problems were rectified by switching to FreeBSD. I have also had no such problems with FreeBSD on any machines. Based on THIS experience, I recommend Linux for personal, "fun" use, and FreeBSD for stable server use. Is this bigotry? I think not. This is experience, pure and simple. -- Matt Behrens <zigg@iserv.net> Support the anti-spam amendment! Zigg Computer Services Visit http://www.cauce.org/ http://www.iserv.net/~zigg/