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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!handbag.tecc.co.uk!parody.tecc.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Date: 17 Dec 1995 00:38:42 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4avoqi$23g@parody.tecc.co.uk> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4aq2l9$5u9@oink.cs.utexas.edu> <4atkva$cqi@park.uvsc.edu> <4avdfu$bk5@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36088 alt.os.linux:6461 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5135 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30537 comp.os.linux.misc:75958 comp.os.linux.setup:32591 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10595 In article <4avdfu$bk5@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu>, BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM <bl03@uwrf.edu> wrote: >: >Would it help if we started a thread saying..."RedHat 2.1 w/ 1.2.13 kernel >vs. FreeBSD 2.x.x (whatever stable release is OUT)" ? That would just shift the topic of debate to what constitutes a stable release and which is the most stable Linux distribution, etc etc. >That limits the topic to JUST those systems..IF someone then comes in and >said.."Hey..Linux 1.3.666 has XXXX" then you flame him for not reading >the orignal argument and go on.=) Then he flames you back for ignoring the advantages of his Slackware x.y system (or whatever 8-) >It would be rather Interesting to take the latest development FreeBSD and >lastest development of Linux (kernel vs kernel only). [assuming the above >cut offs] As Terry explained in a bit you snipped, this would be pointless. With both kernels subject to daily changes, any comparison would probably be out of date by the time it reached Ultima Thule, was commented on and returned to sunny California (OK, I know Helsinki's a bit closer to Greenland but you get the point 8-). Cheers James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'