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Subject: Re: 386BSD vs Linux
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Date: 15 Nov 1994 01:12:11 GMT
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Peter Caffin (ptcaffin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
: I'm thinking of setting up a network of 386s, with a large number of 
: external modem lines.  At this stage, I'm undecided between 386BSD and 

  As far as I am concerned, once I set up a 486 PC ftp server with Linux
0.99.xx. It hanged and crashed terribly. Rumor had it Linux had poor
networking codes , but however, the codes now are much improved and more
stable. 

  Personally I think Linux is good for personal use, but if heavy networking
is involved, I guess *BSD would be better. ( Maybe it's unfair to Linux,
since I have no time to test Linux 1.11.xx).

Yen-Wei Liu