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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Best platform for INN server?
Date: 4 Mar 1995 09:41:07 GMT
Organization: Computing Center, Academia Sinica
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Scott Mann (smann@praline.no.NeoSoft.com) wrote:
:
: Wait a second, Linux is getting better and better in this area...
In other words, "slowly catching up to the *BSD's..." :) I had to
ditch Linux because it's NFS and general network performance is so poor
compared to FreeBSD's. I can't go up to the boss and say, "why don't
we wait a few months and see if Linux's net code gets better?" Betting
on the future isn't particularly wise.
: Since FreeBSD supports so little in the way of hardware (scsi controllers
: for instance),
Eh? What esoteric hardware are you into?
: From what I can gather from friends who are into
: the free BSD's, there is no progress on this front.
I just saw someone post to freebsd-hackers a benchmark that showed
6 MB/sec transfer rates through an FDDI card plugged into his 486/66
machine using alpha drivers. I can't wait for that driver so I can
plug in FDDI or fast Ethernet into my 486 PCI box. I'd say that's
progress from my 600K/s Ethernet interface. :)
: Support for the free bsd's is lacking also; try going into irc sometime
: and asking a question in the bsd rooms (if there are any), chances are
: you will get no replies or a nasty one if you are lucky :^).
Try #unix or #root sometime. The reason why they are nasty to *you*
is because they can sniff a Linuxer from ten hops away. ;-) If you want
truly excellent support for FreeBSD, join one of the many freebsd-*
mailing lists and read the comp.unix.bsd.* groups. I have nothing but
praise for the FreeBSD development team.
: If you go
: into the #Linux channel (always there) or LinuxNet (better), you usually
: get help immediately. This seems to apply to the newsgroups as well.
Not any more so that other OS groups, in my experience (yes, I did
run Linux for a little while before I switched). BTW, if #linux is so
friendly, why is it always +s now? ;-)