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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!netsys.com!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!crick.sura.net!thorn.cc.usm.edu!evergreen.cc.usm.edu!not-for-mail From: davis@evergreen.cc.usm.edu (Jonathan A. Davis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD, which is more reliable? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Date: 6 Apr 1996 23:38:59 GMT Organization: University of Southern Mississippi Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4k6vaj$oii@thorn.cc.usm.edu> References: <4jt34a$1nm@news7.erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: evergreen.cc.usm.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16880 comp.os.linux.advocacy:44161 comp.os.linux.misc:96737 Reinhold J. Gerharz (rgerharz@erols.com) wrote: : With that in mind, could anyone how knows both systems comment on the : desirability of one over the other? : Having not worked with FreeBSD much, I can't really comment on it. I *can*, however, make two comments about Linux... -------------------snip------------------- (frog) davis $ uptime 5:00pm up 256 days, 4:54, 2 users, load average: 0.23, 0.15, 0.12 (frog) davis $ uname -a Linux frog 1.2.8 #1 Mon Jul 24 22:19:12 CDT 1995 i486 -------------------snip------------------- and -------------------snip------------------- €<davis@tango:77>$ uname -a €Linux tango 1.1.24 #1 Wed Jun 29 02:53:50 DST 1994 i486 €<davis@tango:78>$ uptime 5:01pm up 355 days, 21:10, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.11, 0.08 -------------------snip------------------- Tango would have been up a lot longer, but new library construction next door dumped our power for several hours last year. Cheers, -- -Jonathan _ _ ------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>-(o)(o)--- Jonathan A. Davis | Academic Systems Analyst | Hattiesburg/Gulf Park/Stennis Computing Center | Box 5171 | 39406 | (601) 266-4103 | jonathan.davis@usm.edu http://evergreen.cc.usm.edu/~davis | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave? What are you doing Dave? Put those Windows disks away. Dave?...