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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4201 alt.folklore.computers:68268 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!berke From: berke@panix.com (Wayne Berke) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: BSD sluggish compared to Linux? Date: 23 Nov 1994 22:11:30 GMT Organization: when necessary Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3b0emj$m34@news.panix.com> References: <3am248$7kv@itu1.sun.ac.za> <jsmCzKHK8.Ev1@netcom.com> <3ao31t$9fo@itu1.sun.ac.za> <1994Nov21.000855.124757@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <3atqbj$9u5@muise.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.84.251.57 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 mike@muise.hookup.net (mike muise) writes: >You can't, as the previous poster suggested, "just ask for it" on >the relevant group, because no one will bother to reply. You can't >crosspost to both relevant groups with an innocent question like >"which one is better?" without starting a month-long "discussion" >that quickly degenerates into which OS's penis is longer. >So how do you do it? There's no FAQ on the subject, There _is_ a FAQ. It's periodically posted by Dave Burgess in comp.os.386bsd.announce. And when I first started reading this newsgroup, it provided an excellent introduction to the distinction between the various free UNIXes. -- Wayne Berke berke@panix.com