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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4228 alt.folklore.computers:68423 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!moocow.cs.uh.edu!wjin From: wjin@moocow.cs.uh.edu (Woody Jin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: BSD sluggish compared to Linux? Date: 22 Nov 1994 17:22:10 GMT Organization: University of Houston Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3at9c2$sie@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <3am248$7kv@itu1.sun.ac.za> <3ao31t$9fo@itu1.sun.ac.za> <1994Nov21.000855.124757@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <3aqbho$28b@itu1.sun.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: moocow.cs.uh.edu In article <3aqbho$28b@itu1.sun.ac.za>, Antony Richfield <arichfld@cs.sun.ac.za> wrote: > >dishonest? I don't think so ... if you want a little background, how about >the fact that this is the fifth time in about as meny months that I tried >getting _some_ raction out of the net at all? Until I got pissed-off and >figured out that people only react if you put explosives near them. The reason why people didn't react was that there is a difficulty in answering your quesion, "BSD, Linux, which is better and why ?". It was not because people are not kind to you, not because they want to piss you off. But because it is really, really, really difficult to answer. The question has been being the source of farocious flame wars among various free Unix-like OSs, and they just did not want to involve in the flamewar again. It is unfortunate that many new users face this question and don't get any answer (since there can't be one ). Maybe rather than trying to answer this question, someone might wish to write something like, "New Users Guide for Free Unices", written in *plain* English. -- Woody Jin