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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2114 comp.os.linux.misc:11513 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!agate!boulder!csn!boulder.parcplace.com!imp From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <CMzq0G.MEr@boulder.parcplace.com> Sender: news@boulder.parcplace.com Organization: ParcPlace Boulder References: <hastyCMvzzA.CDK@netcom.com> <1994Mar19.163025.1875@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <2mfjro$9s8@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 01:12:16 GMT Lines: 47 In article <2mfjro$9s8@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> lilo@slip-11-12.ots.utexas.edu (lilo) writes: >On Sat, 19 Mar 94 16:30:25 GMT, Douglas Pratt (dspt@troi.cc.rochester.edu) wrote: >> I'm sorry- but which newsgroup is this? I could have sworn I'd >> unsubscribed from all the BSD groups the day I discovered ObjectBuilder for >> Linux in my mailbox. Guess I better check again ........ Glad to hear it. >I had thought >everyone on both sides got that "let's compare apples to oranges" stuff out >of their systems a long time ago.... ;) I have found that FreeBSD-current (soon, hopefully, to be 1.1) compares quite well to Linux. Its networking is better for my situation, but the shared libraries are a tiny bit slow when compared to Linux' implementation. It works for me. Last time I checked, compiling OI and uib took almost exactly the same amount of time on Linux that it did on my FreeBSD box. Something like 33:06 for uib on one and 32:59 for uib on the other. I really like the way that source is distributed for FreeBSD. It is well organized and trivial to build (make world in one place) and I have everything, except a new kernel installed. Or I can do parts of it as I see fit. Really slick. I've tried both and like FreeBSD better personally at the moment. However, I grew up on Suns and BSD VAXen, so I'm a little biased toward that side of the house. For most people, either will fill their needs equally well. Unless there is an issue of non-support/bug in the support for some piece of hardware. They are both well done. Kudos to all involved. Warner P.S. I have no reason to believe that NetBSD would be any different than FreeBSD for the things that I use it for. All my comments about FreeBSD would likely apply to NetBSD, but I haven't actually run it. We now return you to the apples and oranges discussions.... -- Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder "... but I can't promote you to "Prima Donna" unless you demonstrate a few more serious personality disorders"