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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Linux or Free BSD for WWW server?
Date: 08 Nov 1995 07:14:43 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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References: <47oul2$35j@kadath.zeitgeist.net>
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In-reply-to: Peter Seibel's message of 8 Nov 1995 00:46:26 GMT
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In article <47oul2$35j@kadath.zeitgeist.net> Peter Seibel <seibel@mojones.com> writes:
I have to pick out a machine and OS to buy to replace our old Sun 4/260 which
is our www server (and everything else, mail, ftp, gopher) and have narrowed
it down to a well equipped Pentium running either Linux or Free BSD. I was
leaning toward Linux but was told that the networking code in Free BSD is more
robust and therefore better for running a www server than Linux. Is this still
true? The reason, as I understand it was that the Free BSD networking code was
based on the old, tried and true BSD code whereas the Linux code was written
from scratch. Experiences?
This is correct (and also applies to NetBSD). In fact, the networking
code in NetBSD/FreeBSD is a very close relative of the networking code
on that Sun, if it was running SunOS 4.x.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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