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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Sun/Solaris or Pentium/Linux for new server ?
Date: 4 Aug 1995 01:35:29 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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In article <950803085819.AA29439@dojo>, Mike O'Connor <mjo@dojo.mi.org> wrote:
>
>If someone came up to me with a PC and asked me what to do for
>Usenet, I'd sooner point them to FreeBSD than Linux, if FreeBSD is
>basically like BSDI but with better/modern hardware support. One
>_can_ get a Linux box to work, but if you want something more than a
>leaf feed and you keep up with the Linux development cycles, you'll
>have less grief with another OS for now.
So what are the *good* reasons for running a news server with
Linux instead of FreeBSD then? FreeBSD 2.0.5 does not have any of the
3 problems problems you outlined (can handle a heavy NNTP/NNRP load,
has fast, recoverable VM and I believe mmap() works correctly in post
2.0.5 releases). There must be something holding you back. Device
drivers for hardware you own exist in Linux but not FreeBSD?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org