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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: 13 May 1995 03:38:35 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: brice@ist.flinders.edu.au's message of 12 May 1995 10:25:02 GMT
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In article <3ovd1u$1jtd@otho.cc.flinders.edu.au> brice@ist.flinders.edu.au (Benno J. Rice) writes:
I'm going to be involved in setting up a server to handle a
considerable user load based around a Pentium (probably with about 32Mb
RAM), possibly with some other non-PC-type machines as well. What I want
is an *informed* comparison of FreeBSD and Linux as an OS for the P5
server. (Informed as in no blind-screaming-fanatic posts telling me to
use one or the other or spend an eternity in hell).
Then you should install both of them and evaluate them for yourself.
Beat them til the drop. Push their limits. I would also recommend
evaluating NetBSD.
I'm sorry, but asking for an unbiased opinion on this, especially on
Usenet, is just asking for trouble.
My recommendation is NetBSD. This is from personal experience using
it just exactly as you've described, with excellent results. I don't
have the time to sit down and give you every little detail, however.
(Or the hundreds of other similar posts.) There are no unbiased
opinions on this matter. Make up your own mind.
Good luck...
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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