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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Networking code stability
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Date: 12 Oct 1994 05:22:37 GMT
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In-reply-to: tporczyk@netcom.com's message of Tue, 11 Oct 1994 22:05:14 GMT

In article <tporczykCxJ40r.1qJ@netcom.com> tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:

   ***  DISCLAIMER: This is not a flame war bait!  ***

   I am using Linux right now (and I'm *very* satisfied).  I have heard,
   however, from other users of occassional networking code glitches.  I
   experienced it only once, but I have never pushed it too much.  I am
   about to make a decision whether to use Linux or FreeBSD as a base for
   a UUCP email machine for about 10 people to use.  Some machines would
   also be used in classrooms for introductory TCP/IP classes (and UNIX)
   with lots of exercises.  My primary concern in such a situation is
   stability and completeness of the networking code.

Note: I am not saying NetBSD is better than Linux here (I do that
enough in other places ;-).

I have a friend who was a Linux fanatic for some time, but recently
started doing a lot of coding on networking code.  He quickly started
becoming unsatisfied with his Linux system.  He has since switched to
NetBSD-1.0_Beta and is quite satisfied.

Linux networking code isn't *bad* -- it's just a from-scratch rewrite
that still has quite a way to go to be production quality.  On the
other hand, the BSD systems use genuine BSD networking code --
basically the same stuff that runs the entire Internet in commercial
workstations all over the world.  Since they're real BSD "unix"
systems, they have the real networking code too.

Whatever weaknesses the BSD systems might have with respect to Linux,
networking is not it.


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   Michael L. VanLoon     michaelv@HeadCandy.com     michaelv@iastate.edu
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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