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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux vs .... Date: 15 Sep 1995 16:18:54 -0400 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <43cn3e$bn7@ivory.lm.com> References: <41epe5$onh@mailnews.kub.nl> <41ncq0$esj@gol1.gol.com> <41q8fl$8nt@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <1995Sep8.082120.28093@state.systems.sa.gov.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com In article <1995Sep8.082120.28093@state.systems.sa.gov.au>, <chdemgt@state.systems.sa.gov.au> wrote: >In article <41q8fl$8nt@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) writes: >> In article <41ncq0$esj@gol1.gol.com>, MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> wrote: >>>I am curious about this also. I have been "using" Linux for a few months >>>now, but it is unstable. It keeps on having "kernel panics" -- sometimes >>>once every week or so, and sometimes several times a day. Is FreeBSD >>>more stable? > >Your problem is unusual. Then why does this question appear on the Linux newsgroups at least once a week? >If it were a common experience Linux would not be >popular. Lots of people bought Ford Pinto's as well. >Look for a cause that is particular to your setup. Post to the >c.o.l.* groups. Even the alpha series kernels (1.3.*) are usually robust. >If there is a problem with a release it is replaced (at the ftp sites) >within a day, maybe two. And this, of course, is the single biggest problem with Linux. -- "Actually, you just think that's a telephone. Really, it's the alarm that rings whenever I get out of my chair." -- E.S. Peter Berger. System Administrator, Telerama Public Access Internet http://www.lm.com/~peterb Serving Pittsburgh since 1991.