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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!foxtrot.cascss.unt.edu!bgoodman From: bgoodman@foxtrot.cascss.unt.edu (Byron Goodman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 12 Dec 1995 01:49:48 GMT Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4ain3s$1gk@hermes.acs.unt.edu> References: <47e58g$d7r@over.mhv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: foxtrot.cascss.unt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Yves-Chandler Eynard (yves@mnhv.net) wrote: : I am currently running linux (as I have for about 3 or 4 years) and it has : been suggested I would be better off with FreeBSD. : So, I am looking for a bit of advice, such as: : Is it really worth making the switch? : What are the advantages/disadvantages of switch? : How large is the learning curve, and more importantly, which is system is : better to know? About the only real advantage I've found FreeBSD has over Linux is networking performance. Linux networking seems to be very slow, especially NFS, compared to FreeBSD. FreeBSD also seems to multitask better. Linux, on the other hand has more software for it. In our enviroment, we make FreeBSD machines as servers, and run Linux on as some of our workstations. I can tell you this, Slackware 3.0.x sucks. It is buggy as anything. If you are planning on running Linux, don't use gcc 2.7.x. It is garbage. The C++ compiler doesnt work worth a dawm. Get gcc2.6.3 or even better yet, 2.5.8. FreeBSD seems to be a more stable development enviroment. Linux is in the process of moving to ELF and is having alot of problems going that direction. If you figured out Linux, you will be able to figure FreeBSD out. FreeBSD's man pages seem to be more complete. -- Byron Goodman University of North Texas bgoodman@unt.edu College of Arts and Sciences http://www.unt.edu/~bgoodman Computer Support Services